For years past, my Ten Takeaways have been included in my larger Monday morning MMQB column. This year they will be published as a separate post each week. Here are my weekly notes and observations from across the NFL.
No one would create a fourth quarter like the Commanders, but don’t believe it, they’re grateful for it. And finally, Ron Rivera conceded that to me as we discussed how the final frame started with a 14-12 lead for Washington, quickly followed with two Carson Wentz picks that led to a 22-14 lead for the Jaguars, which ultimately set the stage for the hosts to rally for a rousing 28-22 victory.
“You know how many people privately said to me afterwards that it was the best thing that happened [to the players]?” Rivera told me a few hours later. “I said: How can you say that? They said, Look, he’s recovered from two disastrous interceptions. Coming back in this situation, doing what he did, that was damn good. I thought: you know what? You’re right. You’re right. He stuck with it, he persevered and kept fighting.”
It’s a day, of course, and it wasn’t a perfect one for Wentz. He finished 27 of 41 for 313 yards, four touchdowns and the two picks. His team won, that’s the most important thing. There are many things he wants to clean up.
But the truth is, he answered a few questions, mostly because the meltdown was there, and Wentz didn’t just dodge it — he turned it on its head.
Rivera sees similarities in the paths Wentz and his new franchise have taken.
“Obviously there’s a lot in this game that you can’t control,” Wentz said on the phone as he left the stadium. “You dig a hole for me and want to fix it. you wanna do it right But at the same time, you can’t do everything in one go, so it’s just, hey, how can I stay confident and just take the next toss, take the next move? And just keep ticking them off, ticking them off, and next thing you know we rolled.
How they got rolling is also relevant because it fits right in with the plan Rivera and coordinator Scott Turner had to maximize Wentz from his Indianapolis experience — a plan that would work to get a better rhythm for him in the to create a passing game. and utilize his big-play ability as a downfield pitcher.
The first was achieved through game selection. Turner called just four runs in the 17 snaps that spanned the two scoring drives, allowing Wentz to gain momentum.
The second happened largely because of Wentz’s environment, which is a big reason the Commanders thought this would work from the start. With Terry McLaurin, Jahan Dotson and Curtis Samuel alone, Washington has a group of skills that can really run, field and make the threat Wentz’s big arm pose real.
“Sure,” Wentz confirmed. “I mean, honestly, I think they would make life easier for a lot of guys in my position. And I think anyone in my shoes would be very happy and very excited to work with these guys because they are all different and dynamic in their own way. And in some cases very interchangeable because they are all fast, they can threaten the defence, they all do so much with the ball in their hands.”
In this case, Washington won the game with two big shots.
• The first came after Wentz scored with Logan Thomas to convert a third and an 8, putting the ball on the Jags’ 49. On the snap, both McLaurin and Samuel went vertical, putting safety man Andre Cisco in a difficult position. forcing him to make up his mind and leaving McLaurin to run past Shaq Griffin on the sidelines. As Wentz launched the ball to McLaurin, Cisco came over to him, but the throw landed in the hole between Cisco and Griffin.
“The coach felt it, wanted to give Terry a shot,” Wentz said. “They played different coverage, but one that we’ve been talking about all week. In that cover 2 case, Terry could kind of shoot into that hole, and with his speed, I mean it makes it hard to defend. And we had Curtis running down from the inside, so put that speed on any safety that puts her in a bind. That was a huge game for us.”
• The second came after Wentz dived and dived the Commanders for 66 yards in 12 games to put them on the Jags’ 24 for a third and an 8. And this one was easier. Wentz saw man coverage and had his matchup with Jacksonville’s Tyson Campbell covering for rookie Dotson, which would essentially protect Campbell from the ball before bringing it in on the left touchline.
“It was a double pull, and it was a man-to-man at the back there with Jahan,” Wentz said. “So that’s what we had talked about, exactly that play against that look in that situation, and it’s nice to hit it the way you’re talking about it. That’s huge.”
And it ended up leaving the commanders by the wayside forever.
That adds up to a good start for Wentz in Washington for now, and seems to be a pretty good fit too. For his part, the 29-year-old wouldn’t elaborate too much on how different this could be than Indy or Philly. He knows it’s early and he doesn’t want to start hurling rocks at this point. But other people will say it for him.
That starts with the coach, who greeted him in March by telling him how he was wanted in Washington and confidently told him on Sunday after the second pick that it was his game to win.
“Everything he’s been through over the past few years kind of feels like us,” Rivera said. “We’ve been kicked. We’ve been pushed around. Every time people listen to what others say about us. And I just felt like he fit and he deserved to know that we really valued him, we really wanted him and we were lucky to have him on our team. So I just wanted to let him know that we all felt that way.
“He’s the guy we wanted here. We wanted him to be our quarterback. And we just feel like we can relate to a lot of things that he’s been through.”
Including the exam they took and passed together on Sunday.
Saquon Barkley is a Sunday hero to cheer for. I can remember when he came out of Penn State how clean his meds were — the budding No. 2, one team told me, had the kind of reports a kicker would have. But Barkley isn’t a kicker, of course, and running backs can’t be lucky forever. Barkley’s luck also ran out.
In 2019 it was a high ankle sprain. In September, in his 20s, he tore his cruciate ligament. Last year, coming back from knee reconstruction, he sprained his MCL, then his ankle. Which has contributed to a big drop in production since he was named Offensive Rookie of the Year in 18.
It also had to make Sunday so much more satisfying.
By the time Sunday’s 21-20 thriller, a win over the Titans, was over, Barkley’s stat line looked like something out of Penn State. He finished for 164 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries and another 30 yards on six catches. He was the engine for the Giants when they needed him most, scoring the crucial points on a two-point conversion. And when it was over, he immediately tracked down new head coach Brian Daboll.
“He just competed an MF – I can’t tell, you know what I mean?” Barkley said, laughing over the phone. “And you respect that. I knew what the two-point conversion play was going to be like and when he called it I knew he trusted me to make the play. That’s why I was emotional when I went there. I just said thank you for trusting me and us. We could do it.
“You have to respect that [Daboll] said he was going to be aggressive all week. He said he would put it in the hands of the players to make the games to win the game. And we succeeded.”
No more than No. 26. Barkley was okay in the first half, but it was really his first carry in the second half that started his day – “With [OL coach] Bobby [Johnson] we had a very good feeling about this game throughout the week in practice. O-line executed it perfectly, was able to catch me one on one and we were able to hit a long one,” he said.
The third-quarter play caught a number of Titans defenders too far in upper field, enabling Barkley to run three more to the right and then shoot up the sideline for a 68-yard gain, with Kevin Byard at an angle got him and (finally) track him down in the Tennessee 22. Three games later, Barkley scored from four yards to give the Giants their first points and within 13-6.
“It definitely lights a fire in you when you’re able to break a long one,” he said. “It kind of puts you in that zone. It’s like a basketball player shooting a three. You see one go in and then another and then you just feel like you can do anything. It really is, but yeah, the O-Line did a great job and gave us the momentum. Soccer is all about momentum. It’s a momentum game, for me as an individual and as a player, as a team.”
That momentum came, sure. The Giants equalized when Daniel Jones found Sterling Shepard, who badly hit Kristian Fulton for a 65-yard score on next possession, then fought back again after the Titans regained the lead. A converted fourth and one right after the two-minute caution set up first and tenth at the Titans 15. From there, Daboll’s OC, Mike Kafka, called Barkley’s number three times in a row to get the ball on the one. where Jones found journeyman tight end Chris Myarick to make it 20-10.
“I mean as a competitor you have this mindset – you want to be the one to finish the game,” he said. “You want to be the one making the game. I have to thank Kaf and Dabs for believing in me and the O-Line. We were able to get downhill, get vertical and get to 1. And then [Daniel Jones] called a great audible and got the easy touchdown.”
Here the Daboll premonition came true. As Barkley said, the new Giants coach had told his players he would stay aggressive and it happened with Daboll’s decision to back two. And the accompanying decision to bring the ball back to Barkley with a scoop pass effectively doubled on a man who had been through a lot to get there.
In the episode, Barkley said he couldn’t remember the exact details of the game, which saw him press his shoulder down and split a few Titans defenders as the Giants caught a few others too far up the field — “I did saw two defenders and I knew one guy was going to go down so I just put my body down, put my shoulder down and fell for the two yards. But the way he sees it, it will remain just a game, and a game, even if it seemed like a little bit more.
“It’s just a game. I still have so much to do,” he said. “I just have to keep trusting my process, keep believing in my teammates, trust my teammates and in the end we’re going to be pretty happy where we are. Like I said, it’s a game, but obviously every time you can win in the NFL — it’s hard to win in the NFL — you have to take advantage of it.”
Lately, those opportunities have been a little harder to come by for Barkley and the Giants. And this time they took advantage of at least one.
This one meant a little something extra for the chargers. And Brandon Staley admitted that to me on Sunday night after his team avenged their last loss of 2021 with their first win of 2022.
“This is our first chance to compete as a team,” he said. “And this is our first chance for this group to show what they’re made of. And there were a lot of people on our team who weren’t at that game, but there were a lot of people who were. And I’ll tell you that the people that we’ve teamed up with know what that meant to the people that were at the game last year. And when you bring in the right guys, they get together and they know what it means.
“And all the new guys who came in today and lined up for us played for their teammates who were at that game last year. We had to play as a team to win this game. It’s a really good team we played against today. And I felt like we played as a team and that’s why we won it.
For those who forgot, the Raiders defeated the Chargers in a wild regular-season finale in January. It’s a loss that kept the Rams out of the playoffs and dogged Staley through the offseason thanks to a decision to take a time-out that put the Raiders within field goal range (a tie would have put both teams in the sent playoffs).
He can now officially put this loss behind him. And while the way the Chargers retaliated wasn’t all that pretty, it did test the team’s resolve after the Brass made a concerted effort to make the roster bigger and tougher than before.
After the Chargers knocked out the Raiders twice early in the fourth quarter, the Raiders responded with a seven-play 61-yard drive, a three-yard connection from Derek Carr to Davante Adams to cut the lead to 24-19 . Then the Chargers went 3-and-out, the Raiders got the ball back on their own 21 with 3:30 left and off we went.
From there, the Chargers got two things they may not have in January.
First, they got back-to-back third- and fourth-place sacks from star rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack.
“You have to be able to match the rush and the coverage,” Staley said. “I think what you saw in those last two pieces was that nobody was open. If no one is open, then you have to hold the football. And that’s how we try to play when we get the rush and the coverage together. So we went and traded for Khalil. So we tried to get him and Joey together because we felt like these are two of the guys that can take you home.”
Second, they got the ball back with 1:52 left and the Raiders held two timeouts. Austin Ekeler got the call on the first two snaps after that (one for six yards, the next for two), and Sony Michel capped it by gaining three yards through the middle of the Raiders defense for three Justin Herbert kneel downs for the prepare to win.
“On offense, if you’re trying to get them to use their timeouts and they’re engineered to stop the running game, can you stop those runs and then stop the game with the football?” Staley asked. “Because what we didn’t want to do was throw the football there… we would make sure the clock was wound up. And for Austin and Sony to close that for us, to have our O-Line and the tight ends, the receivers, so blocked was a very complete victory.
Ekeler was of course one of the guys there in January, as was Bosa. This also had a small added value. And for the Macks and Michels of the roster, as Staley said, getting this one for these guys was just as meaningful.
Is Jefferson the best receiver in the NFL? It’s getting harder and harder to put anyone above him.
I think respect for Justin Jefferson might finally catch up with where he is in the league. And if you want to know where it stands in the league, you’d be well served by listening to what Aaron Rodgers had to say about the star receiver after his Packers fell 23-7 to Jeffersons Vikings in Minneapolis on Sunday.
Rodgers basically told Jefferson, “You were the best player in the game today.”
“It means a lot for him to just be the type of player he is,” Jefferson said of the cell in the locker room after the game. “He’s one of the best quarterbacks to ever play this game, so it’s definitely a bit of a confidence boost to hear that from him.”
Jefferson then raised his voice a bit and added, “I think he just said that because next time we play them he’s going to try to be the best player.”
If Jefferson plays like he did on Sunday on New Year’s Day – when the teams play again – then that bar will be set terribly high. And what’s even more impressive about Jefferson’s nine-catch, 184-yard, two-touchdown effort is that Green Bay had to know it was coming and somehow somehow was powerless to stop it.
Adam Thielen is a good player. Dalvin Cook too. But there was no question who Kirk Cousins’ point of contact would be – and new Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell has had an interesting way of preparing Jefferson for the past few months.
O’Connell let Jefferson watch a lot of Cooper Kupp’s band. He was Kupp’s Los Angeles coordinator, and Kupp continued to produce and produce and produce last year, even as first Robert Woods and later Odell Beckham Jr. went under in the Super Bowl. The key, as Jefferson saw it, was how the Rams were able to move Kupp generously because he knew each position and how well Kupp knew the pattern.
So Jefferson set out to learn it.
“It definitely looked difficult at first,” he said. “Coming into spring with a new attack, having to learn a whole new attack was definitely tough.”
But over time, Jefferson realized what knowing the offense in this way would do for him. And that showed throughout Sunday — and perhaps most noticeably in how openly he looked at his 35-yard touchdown catch from Cousins. Jefferson rolled that one over the center and two Packers DBs were flipped and appeared to be going in different directions, allowing Jefferson to reach the corner of the defense and run to the pylon.
“I think it was a little communication error with the defense,” he said. “But these are all concepts that have ensured that Cooper Kupp is wide open on offense. This offense is just so dynamic with different concepts and then we have players on the field that we can get the ball to. Someone will always be open to making any type of game.
That’s how it really was for many Vikings on Sunday. Cousins finished 23 of 32 for 277 yards, two touchdowns and a 118.9 passer rating. Five different guys caught at least three balls. Dalvin Cook was churning for 90 yards on 20 carries, and Alexander Mattison’s average per carry was identical to Cook’s as he threw 36 yards on eight carries.
But the best player was clearly the guy Rodgers identified as such. And according to this player, this is just the beginning.
“I mean, I always expect to be the best player on the field at all times,” he said. “This is my statement year and just proves I’m the best receiver in the league. So I just have to stack these kinds of games every week.
Of course it would be difficult to keep up the pace. But on offense, where he plays a role not dissimilar to Kupp’s last year, it’s pretty easy to see why he’s aiming high.
For me, Bill Belichick’s reaction to the Patriots’ loss was mind-boggling. New England lost 7-20 in Miami — the Dolphins have now beaten their AFC East rivals five of their last six — and what really drew me to it wasn’t the Patriots’ blah-blah performance. It was Belichick’s flashback afterwards.
“It was really a pretty even game,” Belichick said. “Two big games, 14 points that really skewed the game. Moved the ball, couldn’t score enough points. We went into their territory six, seven times, whatever it was, only had seven points, need to finish better. Defensively, he gave up a big game and a couple of field goals there at the end of the half. But still we have to play for third place and get the ball back at the end of the game. Not enough good things to win. A few bad games really hurt us.”
OK, so that’s right. Brandon Jones’ stripsack and Melvin Ingram’s scoop and score totaled seven points in the second quarter. And Jaylen Waddle’s 42-yard touchdown on a fourth and seven minutes later, at the end of the half, was worth another seven.
So you could eliminate those two things and make it a 7-6 game. Just like that, Belichick — the king of situational football, turnover fighting, the $2 million special team and winning on the sidelines — would never position anything like this in the past. Instead, in circumstances like Sunday, old Belichick would tell you that this is the NFL. You win and lose most games in a handful of games, and none of this should be considered awkward.
In fact, New England seemingly lost everyone on Sunday, in addition to a host of other non-patriotic things (such as jumping offside at a fourth and 1), making them one of only four teams in double digits on the first full day of NFL football in 2022 to lose.
Why would Belichick bother not just minimizing it after the game, but doing the same thing with CBS’s sideline reporter at halftime? My best guess at this point is that he needs to instill confidence in his group that they are close and that it’s just one thing here and one thing there that kept them on the wrong side of the scoreboard on Sunday.
Even if there is much more behind it.
I think Lamar Jackson will be fine. I’ve been saying for a while that I don’t think it would ever be a problem for the Ravens to reach a certain raw number for his contract – they showed a willingness to bring Jackson to Josh Allen’s numbers last year after he got it had done his deal — and presumably that premise held as numbers (with Russell Wilson being the latest to push the market north) have climbed near the $50 million a year mark.
I think the problem from the beginning was the structure and the guarantees that we covered in different places. Jackson is just a different guy and may not have a number that would make it difficult for him to say no as part of a traditional quarterback deal. And if not? It seems that Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti and his crew just aren’t willing to put down the money needed for a fully guaranteed deal, so we have an old-fashioned standoff.
For now, however, Jackson is still the Ravens’ quarterback. And according to those close to him, this contract dispute hasn’t had a major impact on his performance.
On Sunday, he showed it with 213 yards and three touchdowns (plus a pick) on 17-of-30 passes, another 17 yards on six carries in a breezy 24-9 win over the Jets. He showed it to Devin Duvernay with a no-look touchdown throw — “I didn’t even know it was a no-look,” Duvernay later told me — which essentially put the hosts in back view. He also showed it with the way he behaved throughout the day.
“He’s just super focused; he always has been,” added Duvernay. “He is the ultimate professional and athlete.”
Of course, this will get interesting again in March when, without a deal, the Ravens have to decide which franchise label Jackson should affix — the nonexclusive label now valued at $29.7 million that would allow other teams to order negotiate a bid hand with him (and bring back two first-round picks if Baltimore doesn’t fold); or the exclusive label estimated at $45.5 million that would take him off the market entirely.
But for now? The Ravens are recovering (JK Dobbins and Ronnie Stanley are still working their way back) and still have an account of how last year ended. And Jackson seems, at least to those around him, to be a guy a lot more involved in what might be next for him.
Regardless of what you think of the Browns or Deshaun Watson, it’s easy to be happy for Jacoby Brissett. And that’s considering the very valid criticism of the rough-the-pass call awarded to Brian Burns for a phantom high hit on Brissett late in the Browns-Panthers game. And that Kevin Stefanski looked like he wanted to talk to quarterbacks, like he wanted his next postgame root canal, after asking a bunch of Baker Mayfield questions.
Here’s a sample of what Brissett said in his press: “The emotions ran hot. You just know you…. That moment… I’m sorry. Like the setup for this moment, for me, being here continues. It’s taken a long time to get to this point and I need to do a better job of calming those emotions, especially in many of these critical situations. As I said, we made the right moves at the right time.”
Starting off, Brissett added: “These are not promised. Whenever you get an opportunity, appreciate that opportunity.” And then asked if Sunday was a career highlight for him, he said, “Playing in the NFL is always a highlight and I think that’s why I am so emotional. That’s because they just don’t come that often. There is definitely something special about the Huddle.”
Brissett wasn’t a perfect Sunday and the Browns need to train around him to some degree, I think. He finished 18 of 34 for 147 yards and a touchdown in the team’s 26-24 win. He missed a few throws. But he also made the plays the Browns needed from him — throws from 13 yards to Donovan Peoples-Jones and nine yards to Amari Cooper to set up Cade York for his game-winning 58-yard field goal.
And he’s definitely the right guy. I think Cleveland is lucky to have him as Watson’s proxy, and Sunday was just another example of why.
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Patrick Mahomes without Tyreek Hill is still very good. If there’s been criticism of the Chiefs’ offense in recent years outside of the line suddenly getting old (hence 2021 overall), maybe, just maybe, Kansas City has been too dependent on Hill and Travis Kelce.
Guess what wasn’t a problem in the first game after Hill? Mahomes passes the ball around. Six different receivers had at least three catches Sunday in Arizona. And while Kelce was still ahead (eight catches, 121 yards, TD), JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling also got off to strong starts with Mahomes.
“He’s pretty good all the time,” Andy Reid told reporters. “We’re lucky to have him.”
Keep in mind that Reid trusted Mahomes to the point where he handed over two weeks of his offseason program to the quarterback in the spring so Mahomes could work on the field with his new receivers instead of being confined to a Kansas City classroom be . So I can’t imagine he was even remotely surprised that it looked like this from the jump.
Since we have four years of work ahead of us, maybe the rest of us shouldn’t either.
While we’re there, Aaron Rodgers will be fine too. But this one may take some time. Receivers Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs, both rookies who didn’t come out of the first round, played heavily Sunday in Minnesota. And it showed in the Packers’ clunky start on offense.
“Look, we’ve got to be patient with these guys,” said Rodgers, who finished 22-of-34 for 195 yards. “You are young. They weren’t in the fire. Patience will diminish as the season progresses, but expectations will be high. We will hold them accountable, but it will happen. There will be drops. I hate to see it in the first game but it’s part of the game – there will be drops throughout the season.”
The first game Rodgers references may have been a 75-yard touchdown throw for Watson, which dropped him with a vengeance. And it wasn’t the only drop of the afternoon.
And Rodgers, as he said, will live with it as long as the team is doing better in January.
We have quick takeaways for you for week 1. And we have them, right now…
• Credit to Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel for finding every way on offense to get Hill the ball (eight catches, 94 yards). And as always for a very creative running game.
• I don’t know how they played in that mess at Soldier Field Football.
• Davis Mills looks like a first-round pick from a tools standpoint. He was 23 of 37 for 240 yards and two touchdowns against the Colts. That’s not to say he’s the Texans’ long-term answer. But it’s worth Houston giving him a rope and seeing where he takes it.
• As a reminder, the Bills had four turnovers and won by three touchdowns away from the defending Super Bowl champions.
• Steelers edge rusher Alex Highsmith is now paired with T.J. Watt eliminated.
• Jonathan Taylor is still the guy with 161 yards on 31 carries and a touchdown. But with the Colts, it will be just as important whether or not Bernhard Raimann, the tall Austrian, can take the left tackle job off Matt Pryor, who had his troubles against the Texans. Raimann replaced journeyman Pryor for a few snapshots and appeared competent.
• Speaking of which, Buccaneers LT Donovan Smith’s prognosis out on Sunday night will obviously be important.
• Deebo Samuel had eight carries on Sunday. Which is easier to swallow once you’re paid.
• Speaking of 2019 draft receivers, A.J. Brown was massive for the Eagles (10 catches, 155 yards) and missed by the Titans.
• Great loss performance: Lions tailback D’Andre Swift, who had 144 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries.
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The game, which Navy won by a final score of 34-19, was highlighted by a 26-game drive by the Midshipmen that spanned almost 15 minutes of play and set the record for the longest drive in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA ) college football game.
What percent of NFL games end in a tie?
Based on the numbers, there is about a 0. See the article : EasyJet flight cancellations: AirliTakes £133m in summer travel chaos.2% chance that an NFL regular season game will end in a tie.
How many soccer games ended in a draw? With so many games this close, some will inevitably end in a draw at the end of regulation. Since the NFL added an overtime period in 1974 to resolve regular season games that end regulation time in a tie, 574 regular season games have been decided in overtime.
What are the odds for a tie football game?
To tie a game in the NFL, a game must go into overtime and at the end of the 10-minute overtime the result must remain a tie. See the article : Charlie Kolar will undergo sports hernia surgery. Normal odds for a tie in NFL sports betting are around 6000 or 60/1.
Can a regular season NFL game end in a tie?
Sixteen years later, the NFL officially added sudden-death overtime to be played during regular-season games that ended in a tie. In the original format, the first team to score any points won the game. That included kicking a game-winning field goal.
What NFL team has the most tie games?
The Chicago Bears have the most ties of all time at 42, but all of them came before 1974. The Green Bay Packers have the most ties since the NFL instituted its first regular-season overtime rules at six. The Philadelphia Eagles are next with five, while four teams trail with four draws.
When was the last NFL season without a tie? Only three seasons (1934, 1950, 1952) went without a tie, while five seasons (1920, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1932) had at least ten ties. Most ties, 17, came in the 1920 season. There have only been 18 ties since 1974, the last being in the 2012 season when the San Francisco 49ers and St.
Has the NFL ever had a 0 0 tie?
Surprisingly, the last 0-0 game was more than 70 years ago. It was played on November 7, 1943 between the Detroit Lions and the New York Giants.
When was the last time an NFL game ended in a 0-0 draw? In the NFL (Professional American Football) there was a 0-0 draw between the Detroit Lions and the New York Giants in 1943.
Has there ever been a 0-0 tie game in NFL?
Up until then there had been 73 0-0 draws in league history, the last in 1943. : r/nfl.
What NFL team has tied the most games?
One of those eight teams, the Chicago Bears, still holds the NFL record for most ties, having tied 42 before 1974. The Green Bay Packers have recorded the most ties since overtime was introduced in 1974, with six.
How Many NFL Teams Have a Tie? Tie games used to be common in the NFL, but have become less common due to a rule change in 1974 that extended the existing sudden-death extensions for postseason games to the regular season. There have only been six draws since 1989, a statistic attributed to kickers’ increasing accuracy.
