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Under the prior rules, the team that won the coin toss would usually elect to receive the ball and then gain just enough yardage to win the game by kicking a field goal without the other team ever touching the ball. The coin toss winner won approximately 60% of overtime games under that rule, rather than the 50% expected by random chance. [9]
NFL approves adjustment to playoff rules, resulting in potential neutral site AFC title game and coin toss. Charles Robinson. January 6, 2023 at 1:15 PM.
In the first playoff game with the NFL’s new overtime rule — each team gets a possession before the game becomes sudden death — the Chiefs lost the OT coin-toss during Super Bowl LVIII ...
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The Bengals winning the AFC Championship against the Chiefs, despite losing the overtime coin toss, prompted defense of the rules. Discussing football's team-based nature, commentators noted that the Bengals defense made a key stop (an interception) in overtime, which the Bills defense could not do in the Divisional game.
The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend , the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth-seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth.
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If an NFL game is tied after four quarters, the teams play an additional period, timed like the fourth quarter, lasting up to 10 minutes. There is a coin toss in the NFL just like the beginning of the game. If the receiving team scores a touchdown during the possession, they win. If they kick a field goal, then the other team gets a possession.