Runner Tiki Barber, a former Giants player, disagrees.
This Sunday’s game was the first with the new regulations and the second Super Bowl to go into overtime.
Both sides get a chance to have the ball before the game finishes according to the playoff regulations. Thus, it didn’t really matter as the clock approached 0 seconds before Patrick Mahomes found Mecole Hardman for a 3-yard touchdown throw. It would not have inevitably meant that the 49ers won if time ran out before the Chiefs scored.
That portion of the postseason overtime rules, according to former Giants running back Tiki Barber, takes away from some of the greatest football moments when teams are racing against the clock.
“The new NFL playoff overtime rule is absurd. It’s just absurd. It is absurd to interpret a clock as meaningless, Barber stated on WFAN Monday. “The game must conclude on the clock. I can see why you want to be fair, which is why they do things this way. But it deprives football of any drive.
“I see football as a competition between opponents. However, it also involves fighting against these limiting factors. The field, the referees, and the clock are all important factors. And NFL overtimeIt defies logic to me that they have neutralized the clock for the playoffs.
After winning the coin toss in overtime, the 49ers chose to receive the ball and completed their 13-play drive with a 27-yard field goal. The Chiefs then answered with a 13-play drive of their own, culminating in a touchdown to win the game.