The dramatic conclusion of Superbowl LI was only missing one thing: more drama. Unfortunately, football fans were denied the chance of seeing this because the NFL has implemented an archaic, illogical, asinine overtime system that some people oddly have some type of weird stance against changing.
People misguidedly say things like:
"If you don't want the game to end on one score, then stop them from scoring!"
"Tell the defense to stop them or this wouldn't be an issue!"
"Hold them to a field goal and you'd get the ball back!"
Yeah... those are really poor arguments from short-sighted people who are holding a hard line stance simply because of contrarianism, or just for the sake of doing so.
Each NFL team consists of 3 phases - offense, defense, and special teams. Why you would institute a system that leaves the chance that only one of those parts of your team would see the field in an overtime period, when all 3 just played a major role through the entire 60 minutes before this is asinine. (For the record, I know kickoff teams are technically special teams, but the NFL has so ruined those with the kickoff rule changes, I hardly think they even qualify anymore)
Any NFL game, let alone a Super Bowl, should not have the game decided in a period where all facets of a team are not allowed to play. How is it fair to Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Devonta Freeman when they don't even get to play and give a chance to even the score after playing for the entire 4 quarters prior? The answer is that it doesn't make any sense. Super Bowl LI was the New England Patriots vs the Atlanta Falcons. Not the New England offense vs the Atlanta Falcons defense. It's a stupid system that is lacking in logic and fairness, and the NFL needs to get on board and right the wrong here.
And, hey, if nothing else it means more football for everyone.
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