NFL Owners Approve Overtime Rule Change

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Published on March 30 2022 5:55 am
Last Updated on March 30 2022 5:56 am

NFL owners on Tuesday approved a change to the overtime rules that will apply only during the playoffs that guarantees each team gets possession of the ball, reacting to concerns that the coin toss beginning OT was having too much of an impact.

As of the upcoming season, if the team possessing the ball first in overtime scores a touchdown, the opponent will still get a possession. If they tie the game, it then becomes sudden death.

 

Ravens Sign John Harbaugh To Contract Extension

The NFL’s Baltimore Ravens announced Tuesday that they’d signed head coach John Harbaugh to a three-year contract extension through 2025.

Harbaugh is going into his 15th year leading the Ravens, and has had only two losing seasons with them, including last season, when they were 8-9, leading them to a Super Bowl championship after the 2012 season.

 

Watson Could Still Face NFL Discipline

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that quarterback Deshaun Watson could still face discipline under the league’s personal conduct policy as a result of the 22 civil suits by female massage therapists accusing him of sexual assault or harassment.

Goodell said Watson is still under investigation by the NFL, and there’s no timetable for the probe’s end. Two grand juries recently declined to indict Watson on criminal charges resulting from the women’s complaints.

Watson was traded from the Houston Texans to the Cleveland Browns earlier this month, given a five-year, $230 million deal.