“It’s definitely different - especially in the playoffs,” he noted. I’ve had it where I’ve lost - and obviously, against the Bills this last year, we won on the first possession.”īut Mahomes also said that he understands the reasoning behind making the change only for postseason games. “I wish it would have happened a couple of years earlier when I played against Tom in the playoffs,” said Mahomes during a Yahoo! Finance Presents interview released on Thursday. But during the regular season, teams will still have to do overtime as they have been since the 2012 season: where it’s possible for a team to lose in overtime without an offensive snap being played.Īs a high-profile player in two of the overtime postseason games which led to the playoff rule change - the Kansas City Chiefs’ disappointing loss to the New England Patriots in 2018’s AFC Championship and Kansas City’s thrilling win over the Buffalo Bills in their 2021 Wild Card matchup - Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has now seen it from both sides.

Earlier this week, NFL owners voted to modify postseason overtime rules so that each team will possess the ball at least once before a game is decided.

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