The NFL Thread 2021: Los Angeles Rams Win Super Bowl LVI

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theRepublic said:

Mandalore76 said:

11 playoff games have gone to OT since the 2010 rule change.  10 of the 11 teams who won the coin toss went on to win the game.  7 of those 10 teams won the game on their first possession.

NFL overtime history: Revisiting the 11 playoff games that have gone to OT since 2010 rule change

That's also a much smaller sample size.

It's also a much more important sample size, because generally speaking, the teams facing off in the playoffs are bound to be higher quality. The level of competition is much higher than some random regular season game, where maybe 2 bad, or mediocre teams end up in overtime, and then their general incompetence leads to god knows what happening, regardless of the massive advantage that comes with winning the coin toss.