NFL changes rules for OT playoff games (AP)
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Sudden death has gotten a little less sudden in the NFL playoffs. The league on Tuesday changed its overtime rules for postseason games. Starting next season, if a team wins the coin toss and then kicks a field goal, the other team gets the ball. If that next series ends with another field goal, play will continue under the current sudden-death rules.
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