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INDIANAPOLIS We don’t know all the details yet, but the Buffalo Bills confirmed on Tuesday that they have proposed an overtime rules change for the postseason that doesn’t nece sarily guarantee each team a po se sion but doesn’t limit the amount of po se sions either. And it definitely doesn’t involve sudden death.”We definitely put our stamp on one,” general manager Brandon Beane confe sed to reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine. “Ours is going to be more, without getting into detail, instead of one po se sion and Ty Montgomery Jersey then another po se sion, is the time. You know, similar to basketball. You play five minutes of basketball, both teams get it. You know, baseball, there’s the top half and the bottom half of an inning .”So a time limit, and we’re talking about the postseason only to play it out. And that way, both Jim Plunkett Jersey teams will definitely have a chance and maybe even more than one po se sion.”But if there’s a time limit, one team can conceivably control the ball the entire time and score as time expires.At any rate, it sounds different than the more basic approach of each team guaranteed at least one po se sion.The Bills were eliminated from the playoffs in January with a horrific overtime lo s to the Kansas City Chiefs in which they never had a chance to po se s the ball because the Chiefs drove for a touchdown after winning the coin to s and electing to receive the kickoff.The result spoiled one of the all-time great playoff performances in league history as Bills quarterback Josh Allen (27-for-37, 329 yards, 4 TDs pa ses, 11 carries for 68 yards) wasn’t able to Brandon Bolden Jersey get his hands on the ball after the Chiefs forced the extra se sion by kicking a field goal as time expired.In the end, Buffalo’s lo s underscored a growing discontent among fans and NFL personnel alike about the league’s overtime rules, in which the only way the team that kicks off can get po se sion is by holding its opponent to le s than a touchdown.Scroll to ContinueTo be clear, the Bills want the new rule implemented for the postseason only.Player safety is the reason.”It’s a 17-game season,” Beane said. “I personally don’t think ties in the regular season are as big of a deal. But in the postseason, you’ve worked them long, you play a 17-game season, you’ve been working since April or May, everything on the line, and then a coin to s or here or there may decide it .I just think, `let’s play it out, a certain amount of time.’ I don’t know that that’ll be the final result in March at the owners meetings, but I think there’s going to be some Anfernee Jennings Jersey good proposals, and hopefully it at least comes to the point where both teams get an opportunity.”Added coach Sean McDermott: “I think, experiencing what we experienced overall, there’s a better way out there. And when you go through experiences like that and you experience those things firsthand in particular, you want to evolve the game.”Like Beane, McDermott wouldn’t reveal the exact plan.Whether the league like the Bills plan or not, expect some kind of change to overtime, at least for the playoffs.Because even if the Bills weren’t cheated that night in Kansas City, the fans sure were.