And understand, I have no problem with the overtime rule. Aaron Rodgers doesnt have to touch the ball in OT. Heck, Id go back to the old way, where you could win on a field goal. But it is another combination of being lucky and good. Its not a criticism. Its a fair observation. Adam Schein I would argue that the above quote is the biggest piece to this article. The focus is lucky and good. I do not want to follow football from the pre draft ravings of Mike Maycock, to the draft, to the build up to preseason, to the roster cuts, to opening day, through 17 weeks of regular season football, to the playoffs, only to see a team that is good, yet LUCKY win a game. While I have no vested interest in either the Seahawks or the Packers (I myself am a die-hard Browns fan as to which you can insert your troll comments here), I would like to watch a game, and feel satisfied at the end. I would argue that YES, Aaron Rodgers should get to touch the football. Because, what we all witnessed, was a poker player experiencing a string of bad beats. Yes, the Packers self destructed and lady luck was not on their side, but come on... Maybe they would have still lost the game, but I would have felt a hell of a lot more satisfied had I seen Rodgers get another touch. In my own ignorance, I watched the Seahawks beat the Broncos earlier this year in a similar overtime win. Yes, in this one the Broncos made the comeback, but I was still robbed of watching Peyton Manning go to work (On a side note, I feel robbed because he will probably retire this offseason). Call me what kind of fan you will, but I could have sworn that each team got a possession under the new overtime rule. Well, as Lynch scored a touchdown, I said to myself, well this could only happen in the regular season. In the Playoffs, when everything is on the line, the new rule will surely take away chance (Coin flip?) and give both teams a chance at possession. I was stupid and wrong because a few months later and in the Playoffs, the same thing happens to the Packers. In, conclusion, I would say that the real travesty is not the outcome to the game, Packers fans may not agree, but the fact that the better team did not win. Yes, the better team does not always win... but they should always be given the chance to do so. ftw.usatoday/2014/09/denver-broncos-seattle-seahawks-overtime-peyton-manning-unfair-nfl-rules sportsonearth/article/95980634/nfl-overtime-rules-peyton-manning-broncos-loss-to-seahawks-week-3 But if that isnt a possibility, they should go to an overtime in which both teams are guaranteed a possession. If the goal is for both teams to get an equal opportunity, then give them both that equal opportunity. The current rule is a half measure, and if history has taught us anything it is that half measures are very rarely the best answer in any facet of life. Ross Tucker
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:48:53 +0000
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