Both St. Brown brothers say they were also unaware of new overtime rules
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday when the game went to overtime and the Chiefs scored with seconds remaining. This was the first time that we got to see the NFL's new postseason rules in affect. The new rules were put in place after the old […]
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday when the game went to overtime and the Chiefs scored with seconds remaining. This was the first time that we got to see the NFL's new postseason rules in affect.
The new rules were put in place after the old rules were causing a lot of trouble for teams and just didn't seem fair. The new rules are that both teams get a possession regardless of whether or not the other team scores. If both teams come out of that tied, it goes to sudden death. If one team scored a field goal and the other scores a touchdown, that's the end of the game. That's what we saw.
The problem is that nobody knew the rules going into the game. At least the 49ers didn't. That's why it was weird when they decided to take the ball first after the new rules had been laid out. At the time it just felt like bad coaching. Now it seems like poor communication from the league.
Amon-Ra St. Brown and his brother Equanimeous St. Brown both admitted on their podcast that they didn't know the rules as well.
It's very strange that the NFL would employ a brand new overtime rule and players in the NFL on multiple teams are not aware of that rule. There has to be a breakdown in communication between the teams and the league.
Perhaps the NFL could have sent a memo to playoff teams in January to remind them. Maybe they did and everyone forgot. The latter scenario seems harder to believe.
This would not be the first time this year that the league has had trouble communicating and educating it's players on rules. The NFL did such a bad job of communicating it's gambling policy to players that they wound up changing the policy during the season.
We'll see who else didn't know about the rules as time goes on, but this is bad look for just about everyone.
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