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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 819019" data-attributes="member: 7261">If you are worried about "ball control teams" consistently being able to use up 7-8 minutes on the clock in overtime, you appear to be scrambling to find a reason for disagreeing.  I didn't do extensive research, but I found a 2016 chart that showed "ave. time of possession".  Detroit lead the league with an average of 3:08/drive.<a href="https://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/team-time-of-possession-per-drive/2016/" target="_blank">https://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/team-time-of-possession-per-drive/2016/</a>And if a team did put an 8 minute drive together, you don't think the opposing team can't do anything with the remaining 2 minutes and 2 timeouts?  What do teams currently do when they have a 3 or 7 point lead in the 4th quarter with less than 10 minutes on the clock?If you want to talk about change, isn't stopping play, flipping a coin to determine possession and then putting an arbitrary way of ending the game with a score as what determines a winner, change from how the game is normally played?  Why is OT treated like the start of a game or the start of the second half, yet has this magic bullet aspect of "you scored, you win" ?  Treat it like the game never ended and you are still playing the same game as you left off with at the end of the 4th quarter.</blockquote>

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