NFL Playoffs overtime rules, explained for 2025

Last February NFL fans witnessed something never seen before.

A lead change on the final play of the Super Bowl.

The reason? Super Bowl LVIII became the first playoff game under the league’s new overtime rules for the postseason, implemented for the 2022-2023 season. As we will review in a moment those changes guaranteed each team a chance to possess the football in overtime. After the San Francisco 49ers kicked a field goal, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs drove down the field and scored the game-winning touchdown on the final play of Super Bowl LVIII.

With the NFL playoffs about to get underway, we thought this was

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