When the NFL announced last week they were modifying the overtime rules for the postseason, both myself and Geoffrey Benedict had a lot of thoughts on the subject. Joining together for the Steelers Stat Geek podcast, we tackled the topic in a number of different ways.
First, Geoffrey laid out the numbers in doing away with overtime altogether during the regular season. Calculating new standings based on all overtime games instead ending in a tie, the results were quite fascinating. Geoffrey used this information which was published at Behind The Steel Curtain in the following article:
Whether or not you agree with Geoffrey‘s idea of not bothering going to overtime in the regular season, there needs to be an overtime plan in place for the postseason.