Overtime Rules in the NFL - The tragic loss of the KC Chiefs to the NE Patriots

There was a public outcry on Twitter from sports fans everywhere after the KC Chiefs and NE Patriots playoff game on January 20th ended in overtime with a Pats victory. Why? Because of the bogus overtime rule the NFL has had in place since 2012, or at least that's what everyone is crying about.

The NFL overtime rules have a lot of situationals in them but the one that is focused on in this game is that whoever has the first possession of the game (decided by a coin toss) has the opportunity to score and IF they can successfully make that oh so sweet touchdown they automatically win the game. So many have argued that the KC Chiefs suffered the loss because of a call of ~heads or tails~ and were not given the chance to show off their #MVPat in OT.

Well I'm here to explain why that's just not true. To me a Superbowl-worthy team is one that has an offense equally as good as their defense, a team that is able to get past adversity, a team that no matter the challenge if they truly deserve to be on a platform as large as the Superbowl they should be able to get past or stop anything.

It's no secret that the Chiefs' defense has been less than exemplary all season and it showed in this overtime scenario. Had the Chiefs had the Superbowl quality team that everyone is explaining shouldn't they have been able to stop literally the one possession that was in their way to Mercedes-Benz Stadium? I mean they fired their Defensive Coordinator (finally) shortly after the loss so obviously there was some responsibility that wasn't met in that department. A Superbowl quality team has the talent, the play calls, and the determination to get through scenarios like that and push through. You just shouldn't be given the pass to the event because you're half of a good team.

I love the Chiefs Kingdom but blaming the loss on an overtime rule that has been in place for 7 years now is just not a good excuse for the loss of this game and, in my opinion, after taking time to think about this rule I don't see a reason why it needs to be changed at the moment. It's not like both teams weren't aware of the consequences of forcing an overtime and didn't know what they needed to do to win in that situation.

Just my two cents and those are my #nontraditional thoughts.