BALTIMORE — Shortly after Kansas City had beaten the Buffalo Bills, 42-36, in overtime of an AFC divisional round playoff game Sunday, the complaints started to surface about the NFL playoff system and how it should be changed.
It’s the usual stuff, especially from the losing side, which criticizes the professional game for not being like the college one where every team gets an offensive possession in the extra period instead of ending the contest after a touchdown is scored.
But the NFL doesn’t need to change its overtime policy. The bigger question is this: Will we ever see dominating defenses again like the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s, the 1985 Chicago Bears, the 2000 Ravens or the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
