"A 2022 Bills-Chiefs playoff thriller ended in overtime when Kansas City scored a touchdown without giving Josh Allen and Buffalo a possession to respond. The NFL has since changed the rule to allow both teams at least one chance to score in overtime. Super Bowl LX between Seattle and New England will be decided under these revised rules, if the game goes into overtime. The final quarter of the AFC divisional round playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs on Jan. 23, 2022, could not have been more exciting. Three lead changes. Five scoring drives. A 36-36 tie at the end of regulation."
"The previous system was basically a modified sudden death system that gave each team at least one chance to score - with one big exception. If the team that first possessed the ball in overtime scored a touchdown on that drive, that team won. The game was over, with the other offense never getting a chance to take the field in overtime."
A 2022 AFC divisional playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs ended in overtime when Kansas City scored a touchdown on the first possession, preventing Buffalo from responding. The result exposed a rule that allowed an overtime touchdown on the first possession to end the game without the other team getting the ball. The NFL revised the overtime procedure to ensure both teams receive at least one possession before a sudden-death outcome. The revised overtime rules will govern Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots if the game goes into overtime.
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