NFL overtime rules have been hotly debated in the 2020s and it's not hard to see why, especially when it comes to the NFL Playoffs. Obviously, when it comes to the postseason, we can't have games that end in a tie. There has to be a winner that advances to ...

Super Bowl LVIII is in the books, and with it came some overtime playoff football. After the incredible battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills two years ago ended without Josh Allen’s team possessing the ball in overtime, NFL owners ...

A thrilling AFC Divisional Round game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills at the end of the 2021-2022 NFL season led the league to change the overtime rules for playoff games, giving both teams a chance to possess the football. Previously ...

During Denver’s thrilling 33–30 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional Round, star quarterback Bo Nix suffered a fractured right ankle, ending his 2025–26 season and forcing him out of the postseason. Head coach Sean Payton ...

Rarely flagged, often fined, the NFL banned the “hip-drop tackle” before the 2024 season. Per the league, a hip-drop tackle occurs when a defender “wraps up a ball carrier and rotates or swivels his hips, unweighting himself and dropping onto the ball carrier’s legs during the tackle.”