Rule change could spice up Overtime

A proposed change to the rules governing overtime in NFL playoff games could see teams having to do more than win the coin toss and kick a field goal to secure victory.

NFL Competition Committee Chairman Rich McKay said on Wednesday the proposal reflected a statistical change over the years with the team winning the coin toss having an increasingly greater success rate.

Currently, when a playoff game ends with the score level at the end of regulation, a coin toss is made for 'sudden death' overtime possession and the team with the ball can win with a field goal or a touchdown.