Jeffrey Lurie and the Eagles are on the right side of history here. They’ve been pushing the NFL to change the overtime rules for several years now, and this offseason is no different. They are making a RENEWED push to get this done:

“Allow both teams an opportunity to possess the ball in overtime.”

Brilliant. Agreed. Under no circumstances should a game between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen end with one guy not even seeing the field in overtime. We can’t have a coin flip playing a significant role in determining the outcome of games, and don’t give me the “just play defense” excuse. We’ve been over this a hundred times before. Defense and offense are not the same thing in the NFL. You wouldn’t say “just break Patrick Rafter’s serve” or “just get three outs in the top of the 10th.” The “just play defense” crowd can go pound sand. They can stuff a whole hoagie in their mouths.

Here’s what Lurie said about overtime going way back to 2019:

I would like to change overtime. We talked a lot to the competition committee about changing overtime. There’s a lot of ways to do it. Personally, I don’t like the shortened overtime in the regular season because I think it gives even more value to the winner of the coin toss. So if you get the ball first, and you have a seven minute drive or nine minute drive, that’s taking up 70% to 90% of the time period of regular season overtime now. It makes no sense to me. Some day I hope we can get that changed.

There are a lot of ways, I think another possibility is try to avoid the coin toss and have other mechanisms (to determine possession). One of the ideas I floated was the team that scores the most touchdowns (in regulation) has the advantage of getting the ball first. Often it will be a tie, but those times when you score more touchdowns, we award that. You want to avoid a coin toss as best you can, I think.

Lurie knows what’s up. He knows the NFL overtime rules are some fugazi shit. Both teams should get at least one possession. Make it like college, I don’t care. I’ve got zero interest in watching one team win the coin toss, go down the field, score a touchdown, and end the game while the star QB on the opposing team doesn’t even get on the field.