Super Bowl overtime rules, explained for 2025 Chiefs-Eagles matchup

NFL fans may be able to witness history on Super Bowl Sunday. Kansas City Chiefs You can become the first team in league history.

Last year, NFL fans also witnessed the league's first fans, and the Chiefs were right in the middle of the lawsuit.

The lead change in the final Super Bowl play.

Thanks to the new postseason overtime rules implemented for the 2022-2023 season, Super Bowl LVIII was the first playoff game to see these new rules go into effect. San Francisco 49ers He owned soccer and began his overtime and kicked a field goal to get a 3-point lead. However, under the new rules, the Chief was guaranteed ownership, and Patrick Mahomes led Kansas City's offense to the field, earning a touchdown in the game on the final play of the game.

With Super Bowl Lix coming to us, it's time to revisit these rules in case the Super Bowl moves on overtime and finds itself in a pre-season location. And, as I learned last year, thank the Chief – preparing will pay off.

Why did the NFL change playoff overtime rules?

AFC Division Round Games Between chief and Buffalo Bills At the end of the 2021-2022 NFL season, the round-trip incidents thrilled fans. Josh Allen and the Bills scored a Go-Ahead touchdown in just 13 seconds remaining in the regulations, but that was enough time for Mahomes to get Kansas City into range to force a field goal .

Despite the thrilling finish of regulations, the end of overtime has left many fans worried.

Kansas City scored a coin toss and quickly went down the field against the tired Bills defense and scored a touchdown to advance to the AFC Championship game. Under the overtime rules, I was able to watch everything that Allen and the bill's crimes can be.

Over the next few weeks, fans cried out for another format of overtime, and the NFL listened. The league owners approved the revised overtime format, ensuring that each team was working overtime. The new format was approved by a 29-3 votes.

What are the NFL overtime rules for the playoffs?

All playoff games that go on overtime follow these Revised rules:

• If the game is tied at the end of the regulations, the referee will throw a coin to decide which team will first own the ball in overtime. The captain of the visiting team calls for a toss.
• Both teams have the opportunity to own soccer. This is a big change. Previously, the game was over if a team that started playing football scored a touchdown, as we saw in the 2022 AFC division round game between Kansas City and Buffalo. Under the new rules, in that scenario, Buffalo will have the opportunity to match his touchdown, and if so, the game will continue. If both teams own the game, the game dies suddenly. Additionally, the team that starts with the possession score and kicks the extra points to get a 7-point lead can win with the second team with a touchdown and a two-point conversion.
• If the score is still tied at the end of the overtime period, or if the first ownership of the second team is still in progress, the team will play a different overtime period. Play continues regardless of the number of overtime required to determine the winner.
• There is a 2-minute break between each overtime period. There will be no halftime breaks after the second term.
• If the game remains tied after two overtime periods, there will be a second half. The captain, who loses his first overtime coin toss, chooses to own the ball or choose a goal that his team defends, unless the team that won the coin toss postpone its selection.
• Each team gets three timeouts in half.
• The same timing rules that apply at the end of the second and fourth regulatory periods also apply at the end of the second or fourth overtime period.
• If there are no winners yet at the end of the fourth overtime period, there is a third coin toss and play continues until the winner is declared.
• There are no challenges for instant replay coaches. All reviews will be launched by the Replay Official.

What happened with overtime at Super Bowl LVIII?

Super Bowl LVIII first saw fans the new playoff overtime rules. A few months of discussion about how the team handles the situation was finally tested.

And I was wondering if the 49ers were ready.

San Francisco has won a coin toss and decided to postpone much of the theorizing that it makes more sense under the new rules. Knowing what both teams need to score to win the game by guaranteeing ownership offers a competitive advantage, just like how university teams start defenses in overtime To do so, you know what you need to do in the offense to win.

Instead, the 49ers were able to start off with an offense and manage only the field goals. It opened the door for the Chiefs to win the game with property guaranteed by touchdowns. That's exactly what they did.

After the game, San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan said the team had run through various scenarios and when they launched an offense, they would have the advantage if the game advanced to a third overtime possession and sudden death. I thought there was.

“None of us has much experience with it,” Shanahan said. I said. “We went through all the analysis and talked with those guys. If both teams matched and scored, we wanted to have the opportunity to win that, so we had a hand on the ball. I decided it would be better to put it in.”

problem? The game never reached that third overtime.

What should I watch at Super Bowl 2025?

With the end of Super Bowl LVIII, the team is implementing one example of the new after-hours rules.

In this way, it may be expected that overtime should be required in the playoffs this season. Teams will want to start with defense given how the Super Bowl ended a year ago.

Are there any scenarios that have not been tested yet? The effect of two-point conversion. Super Bowl LVIII Kansas City showed that they got two to try and win, rather than kicking additional points and extending the game to a third overtime ownership, if necessary .

Overtime will need to be incurred this year's playoffs, but will there be a two-point conversion?

You have to wait to find out.