Marvin Lewis On How To Fix OT Rules: “Play Defense!”

(EDITOR’S NOTE: To listen to Marvin Lewis, click on the following link: Ep 94: Tom Brady Retires; Marvin Lewis Joins the Show | Spreaker)

Former Cincinnati Bengals’ head coach Marvin Lewis has a solution to the overtime debate.

“Play defense!” he said on the latest “Eye Test for Two” podcast.

Lewis’ comments were made in the wake of the controversy provoked by Kansas City’s 42-36 overtime defeat of Buffalo two weekends ago. The Chiefs won with a touchdown on the opening possession, producing an angry outburst by critics and Bills’ Mafia — both of whom contend overtime rules are unfair, weighted heavily in favor of the team that has the opening possession.

However, one week later, the Chiefs won the coin toss again … but lost the game. And the protests subsided.

Nevertheless, expect the debate to resurface when the league’s competition committee convenes in the offseason. Opponents of the current rule favor both teams having at least one possession (see the Bill Polian interview on “The Eye Test for Two:” (Ep 93: Bill Polian Joins To Talk Bills, NFL Overtime, and Hall of Fame | Spreaker) … or playing an extra quarter … or anything but the current procedure.

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Basically, they want to fix a rule they believe is unfair. Lewis, who served on the competition committee, does not.

“I would not change it,” he said. “I think there is, obviously, the change they put in – that if they kick a field goal, now the other squad gets an opportunity — but I would not change it. I think you’ve got to play defense. It’s a football team, and that’s the way it goes.

“What are we going to have? Each team scores a touchdown; then what are we going to do? It’s always going to be somebody that’s not happy and says that it’s not fair. Well, fair is: Play defense. The other side plays it as well. So let’s go.”

Sounds reasonable to us.