Look, it’s hard sometimes to remember that there are two sets of rules for NFL overtimes between the regular season and the postseason.
In the regular season, if the team that gets the ball first scores a touchdown, the game is over. The other team doesn’t get to touch the ball.
That’s different in the playoffs, and maybe that’s what happened with Cris Collinsworth on Sunday night, when the Detroit Lions were busy marching down the field to ultimately score a TD to beat the Los Angeles Rams in overtime.
“You start thinking, how much do you need before you’re gonna go line up and kick it?” Collinsworth said. “You start thinking about which side do you want your kicker to be able to kick it from?”
That was while the Lions were in the red zone and you can hear Mike Tirico try to note to Collinsworth that a TD would win it.
"You start thinking about it, right? You start thinking about how much do you need before you're gonna go line up and kick it? You start thinking about which side do you want your kicker to be able to kick it from?"
Cris Collinsworth seemed to think it was sudden death OT. pic.twitter.com/2b78jnA3QQ
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 9, 2024
Fans thought that was an error by Collinsworth:
Cris Collinsworth has zero idea how the overtime rules work, just goes to everyone is truly faking their job
— Shayne Trail (@ShayneTrail) September 9, 2024
Did Cris Collinsworth just forget the overtime rules?
— scott pianowski (@scott_pianowski) September 9, 2024
Cris Collinsworth just forgot the overtime rule. Can’t cover that one up.
— Adam Weinrib (@AdamWeinrib) September 9, 2024
