New rule being implemented for overtime, starting this weekend

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	New rule being implemented for overtime, starting this weekend

NEW YORK (AP) — As if NFL coaches needed something else to worry about. When the playoffs begin this weekend, they will feature a new rule for overtime. That field goal to win the game on the opening series of the extra session? Forget it. If a team wins the coin toss and receives the overtime kickoff, it does not automatically win the game if it kicks a field goal. The team that kicked off ...

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