Kiszla: Broncos-Seahawks a classic, but NFL's OT rules must change

[Wheels]

In five seconds, I could think of at least 20 better descriptions of Broncos fans than "fanboys". I feel like English has taken a shit the past few years.

We're talking about a reporter who is more fan than reporter, hence the pejorative. I feel the same way about reading comprehension.

[Boltergeist]

In five seconds, I could think of at least 20 better descriptions of Broncos fans than "fanboys". I feel like English has taken a shit the past few years.

Just one? No wonder he has trouble getting after the QB.

[thelightningwill]

We're talking about a reporter who is more fan than reporter, hence the pejorative. I feel the same way about reading comprehension.

I think the word isn't fanboy. The words are biased, untrained, possibly amateur journalist.

Go Chargers.

[floydefisher]

Technically, the Broncos should have played more than 60 minutes yesterday. But, you're right. The Donkeys are dicks.

They may have been physically present all of that time, but they only actually tried for about one minute of that.

The rest of the time, they were too busy thinking about getting their rocky mountain high on after the game.

[KNSD]

I see Manning lost another game in overtime. Gotta change the rules again!

[thelightningwill]

They may have been physically present all of that time, but they only actually tried for about one minute of that.

The rest of the time, they were too busy thinking about getting their rocky mountain high on after the game.

Uh. Us stoners take offense to that. Just kidding. We're too stoned to be offended by anything.

Go Chargers.

[sandiego17]

I see Manning lost another game in overtime. Gotta change the rules again!

To be fair, other than the fanboy that wrote the ridiculous article, is anybody else even talking about changing the rules? Maybe they are, but haven't paid attention. Manning's quote and Harris Jr's quote aren't that bad in and of themselves.

[Wheels]

To be fair, other than the fanboy that wrote the ridiculous article, is anybody else even talking about changing the rules? Maybe they are, but haven't paid attention. Manning's quote and Harris Jr's quote aren't that bad in and of themselves.

They discussed it not being fair this morning on NFL Network. LaVar said that it's stupid to have OT at all in regular season they should just end up with a tie, and the other guy argued that the Broncos had a chance to stop the Seahawks and failed so there was nothing unfair about it. But it was fodder for their conversation. The only time it's ever discussed, it seems, is when Manning loses without getting the ball in OT.

[bonehead]

It's meant to sound lame, it's a pejorative term.

what's a pejorative?

[RTPbolt]

Had Denver won the toss and went down and scored a TD there would be ZERO mention by those Donkey fans or the writer that is wasn't fair that Seattle didnt get an offensive chance to score....ZERO. Fact is their Defense decided the game was over after the comeback and failed to execute. Live by the Defense and die by it. Denver's fault for not having an answer on defense....Manning should learn to be a safety so he could win the game for their Defense too. The rules are the rules...they knew they at a minimum had to hold them to a field goal to stay in the game and they FAILED with a capital F.

The funny thing to me is i feel like it was a Win Win situation. Denver lost...woo hoo...and Seattle was "exposed" yet again on defense so Sherman can shove another wad of paper into his pie hole giving up the go ahead 2 point conversion on the last play their defense played.....Seattle offense bailed their defenses ass on that game.

Now i'm over it.....i'm looking forward to Arizon in Denver next week to see if they can do some damage in Mile High.

[Wheels]

what's a pejorative?

a word expressing contempt or disapproval.

[Yubaking]

The winner of a classic football game should never be determined by pure, dumb luck.

Unlike the Super Bowl, the only difference Sunday between the Broncos and Seattle was a flip of the coin.

"We felt like we were the better team," Broncos defensive tackle Terrance Knighton said.

Not to take anything away from the Seahawks' 26-20 overtime victory against Denver, but if there's anything we've learned from the NFL of late, it's this: What's fair got to do with anything in this league? And the more the rules change, the less we trust that justice is truly being served.

After Denver rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter on the road in the NFL's rowdiest stadium, the silence of stunned Seahawks fans was deafening as quarterback Peyton Manning represented the Broncos on the coin flip to determine which team would get the football to begin overtime.

Manning called tails.

The Seahawks won.

NFL overtime rules are stupid.

"It puts a premium on the coin toss," Manning said. "I called tails at the beginning of the game, and went with it again in overtime. It was heads, and it proved to be a significant call. But that's the way it is. And you'd like to not leave it to that, leave it to get to that situation."



Manning was forced to stand and watch as Seattle marched 80 yards for the winning touchdown in overtime. No doubt Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was fantastic on the game-winning drive. When a fierce 6-yard run by Marshawn Lynch gave sudden death to Denver's remarkable comeback, Broncos linebacker Nate Irving and his defensive teammates were so emotionally stunned their feet no longer seemed to work. They stood near the goal line, nobody wanting to go home.

POST POLL - NFL OVERTIME

Should the NFL change their ovetime rules??

Yes
No

Did this qualify as a moral victory after the 43-8 blowout in the Super Bowl? Knighton certainly didn't want a juice box and a condescending pat on the head. "You either win or you lose ... We're not saying, 'At least the score is better than the Super Bowl' or anything like that," Knighton insisted.

Manning has become known in Denver, thanks to imaginative T-shirt makers and excitable fans, as PFM. Maybe I've finally figured out what those three letters mean: Pray for miracles.

In the hands of Manning, miracles happen.

While the NFL's most beautiful mind was stumped by the Seahawks for the vast majority of four quarters and Denver's offensive game plan appeared so simplistic you might have wondered if it had been written in crayon, Manning willed the Broncos 80 yards in the final minute to tie the game, despite the hindrance of no timeouts to stop the clock.

Manning hit a wide-open Jacob Tamme with a 26-yard pass for the touchdown, then found Demaryius Thomas against Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman to convert the essential 2 points after the TD.

Prayer answered.

"That's what makes him Peyton Manning," said Wilson, with obvious respect for one of the NFL's elder statesmen. "That's what makes him one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game."

Then, however, Manning was forced to sit and watch overtime. Maybe NFL commissioner Roger Goodell should have bought Manning a pretzel and beer. In 2012, the league amended its overtime rules BECAUSE OF AND FOR PEYTON FUCKING MANNING'S BENEFIT, YOU JACKASS [ed] to allow each team to possess the ball at least once in the extra period, unless a touchdown is scored on the opening drive by the lucky bums who win the coin flip.

That's stupid. Let's simplify the rules: If the teams have fought into an overtime, haven't both teams earned the right to touch the football at least once?

Yes, Tim Tebow gave Denver fans one of the biggest playoff thrills in franchise history by beating Pittsburgh in overtime on an 80-yard bolt from the blue.

But has Hollywood ever required Denzel Washington or Harrison Ford to sit out the last reel when things got dicey and the audience prayed for a miracle from the movie's hero?

"We're not going to change the rules," said Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. "But I would've liked our chances if we got our 'O' back out there."

Fade to black.

I am surprised Kiszla could see his screen to type with his face so far buried in Manning's crotch.