We MUST Change The NFL Overtime System, And Do It ASAP

No Lions game yesterday, so I'm going to use its normal place to rail about the NFL's overtime system. It grates on me that a team can lose an overtime game in the regular season -- or in the postseason, for that matter -- without touching the ball. The coin flip, then, becomes the most important part of a tie game, and that just shouldn't be. After 60 minutes of play with no resolution, it seems we can come up with a better system. Currently, all overtimes are sudden death. Now, just the words "sudden death" evoke a chill up the spine of most sports fans. You kind of have it in baseball, with the "walk off win", and you definitely have it in hockey. The NFL has it, too -- but in a very flawed manner. Team A wins the coin flip. And, if they're not coached by Marty Mornhinweg, they take the ball first. Team B kicks off, and according to the raw data, have a significantly reduced chance of winning, right off the bat. In fact, the chances are...