Sean McDermott’s final big decision as Buffalo Bills’ head coach was the wrong one, and it may have cost him his job.

If both teams do the same thing on their opening possessions of OT, that third possession is sudden death. Whichever team got the ball first is the first one that gets a chance to end the game if the teams have matched points on their opening drives of overtime. The second team wouldn't necessarily get a second drive.

We have overtime in the NFL divisional playoffs. The Bills and Broncos are tied 30-30 at the end of the fourth quarter, and now they will go to overtime. NFL playoff overtime rules guarantee both teams a possession, and they’ll play 15-minute quarters until there’s a winner, as if it were a whole new game.

Super Bowl LVIII is in the books, and with it came some overtime playoff football. After the incredible battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills two years ago ended without Josh Allen’s team possessing the ball in overtime, NFL owners ...

No, an NFL playoff game cannot end in a tie. In the preseason and regular season, games can end in ties. However, with the league needing a team to move on to the next round of the playoffs, there is no possibility of a tie in the postseason.

NFL rules analyst Walt Anderson gives his take on the Broncos' controversial overtime interception against the Bills.