2025 NFL overtime rules: How does it work? Regular season vs. playoffs Updated Jan. 22, 2025 10:32 a.m. ET share facebookxredditlink The 2023 postseason featured the debut of a new NFL overtime rule that ensured both teams received at least one possession in any playoff game ...
How Do the NFL Playoffs Work? The NFL Playoffs happen every January following the end of the regular NFL season. Fourteen teams compete over four weeks in a single-game knockout tournament that sees the winning team from the AFC play the winning team from the NFC in the Super Bowl. The ...
That said, every NFL team is still currently mathematically alive to make the Playoffs, even if some are just barely hanging on. RELATED: How Do NFL Divisions Work? Which Teams Are in the NFC and AFC? Everything to Know So with the NFL Playoffs (like the holidays) just around the ...
The NFL does not run a "true" bracket, like you see here on theMarch Madness Bracketor on theNBA Playoff Bracket. I define a "true" bracket as a tournament where the winner of each game moves directly over in the bracket. The NFL Playoff bracket rearranges the bracket in the second...
How does college football overtime work? In college football overtime, the game continues if it's tied after four quarters. UnlikeNFL overtime rules, each team gets a possession of the football from the opponent's 25-yard line. If one team ends up with more points than the other in the...
Three of the NFL’s heavyweights have made it to the sport’s championship weekend. Then there are the Detroit Lions — who are one win away from their first Super Bowl appearance. The Lions continued their feel-good run with Sunday’s hard-fought win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, advanci...
The players . . . not so much. NFL players are generally paid weekly during the regular season with their annual salaries spread across 18 weeks. When the playoffs begin, these checks stop. Players participating in playoff games are compensated, but playoff checks are often drastically lower ...
The shootout does not replace overtime in theStanley Cupplayoffs. It is only be used to decide regular season games, and only after five minutes of overtime. Background Early in the history of the NHL, ties after regulation play were decided in a 10-minute overtime period, but that chan...
This time, the Bills will need to win in Kansas City and in the playoffs, which they've failed to do three times since drafting Josh Allen as their quarterback. Want to know how to watch these games and more? Here’s our guide on how to watch every single one of the NFL live...
When NFL teams load up on star power, all kinds of rationalizations come up to shield the organization from critics and skeptics. Maybe they’re hiding the best plays for key situations, or on the wrong end of one-score games. New acquisitions need time to find thei...