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NFL proves OT policy is a disaster
By George Starks
Sports Editor 

Of the four NFL games that were on television this past week-end, I got to see only one. The Steelers-Broncos game Sunday. As a Bengals fan, it didn’t break my heart to see the Steelers lose that game. 

What did break my heart was the way they lost it. 

If that would have been a Bengals, Vikings or Colts game, and my team lost in the same manner the Steelers did, I would be irate. 

The NFL really needs to take a good look at its overtime rules. 

When the game went in to overtime, the rule says that if the team that receives can score a touchdown, the game is over or the team that scores the first touchdown wins. If a team kicks a field goal, the team on defense has a shot on offense to win the game. It also says if the team on defense forces a turnover and that team’s offense can score, then the game’s over. 

I don’t like the fact that if the team that goes on defense gives up a touchdown, then the game is over. 

In the case of the game Sunday evening, the Steelers lost the coin toss and the Broncos took the ball. Denver scored on the first play in overtime and the game was over. Pittsburgh never got the ball and never got the chance to do anything to win or at least tie the game.