NEW YORK (AP) -NFL owners will examine whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the coin toss kicks a field goal on the first series.
Previously, the game would end whenever either side scores, as happened in the NFC championship game in January. But NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay says a trend has developed showing too strong an advantage for teams winning the coin toss to start overtime.
The owners will vote next week on the recommendation. If the team that falls behind by three points on the first season also kicks a field goal, then the game would continue under current sudden death rules.
The proposal is only for the postseason.
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