The NFL owners voted on several new rule changes for 2017:
Giants.com looks back at the team's last 10 overtime victories
December 22, 2013 (Week 16): New York Giants 23, Detroit Lions 20
January 22, 2012 (NFC Championship Game): New York Giants 20, San Francisco 49ers 17
November 22, 2009 (Week 11): New York Giants 34, Atlanta Falcons 31
December 21, 2008 (Week 16): New York Giants 34, Carolina Panthers 28
September 21, 2008 (Week 3): New York Giants 26, Cincinnati Bengals 23
January 20, 2008 (NFC Championship Game): New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20
September 17, 2006 (Week 2): New York Giants 30, Philadelphia Eagles 24
December 11, 2005 (Week 14): New York Giants 26, Philadelphia Eagles 23
November 2, 2003 (Week 9): New York Giants 31, New York Jets 28
September 21, 2003 (Week 3): New York Giants 24, Washington Redskins 21
The winds of change blew out of Chicago this week.
At the NFL's spring meeting in the Windy City, owners approved a handful of rule changes, one of them being shorter overtimes. In the preseason and regular season, overtime will now be 10 minutes instead of 15.
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"We think this is an important change, particularly for teams that may be into an overtime situation and a lengthy overtime situation that may have to come back and play on a Thursday night, so this is another positive change," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said.
Over the last five seasons, there have been 83 overtime games, according to NFL Research, and 22 of them have extended past the 10-minute mark. The average length of overtime in the last five seasons is 7 minutes, 42 seconds. Five games ended in ties during that span, including two last season. If overtime had ended after 10 minutes, there would have been 16 total ties.
The Giants are 19-15-2 in regular-season overtime games. In the postseason, they are 2-2, including wins in the 2007 and 2011 NFC Championship Games that led to Super Bowl victories.
Overtime isn't the only change coming.
As we posted earlier on Giants.com, the league is relaxing the rules on celebrations "to allow players more room to have fun after they make big plays." Examples of what will be allowed after scores under the new policy include using the football as a prop after a TD, celebrating on the ground, and group demonstrations.
Here is a look at other news out of Chicago:
• There will be only one roster cut-down as teams make the 53-man deadline. Previously, teams first pared the roster from 90 to 75 players. Now they will go straight from 90 to 53.
• The league added an additional opening for a player to return from injured reserve. Now two players, instead of one, can be re-activated after spending at least eight weeks on injured reserve.
• Owners voted to relocate the site of Super Bowl LV from Los Angeles to Tampa's Raymond James Stadium. L.A. will host the following year due to delays in the building of the Rams-Chargers joint stadium.
• Following the success of its first year in Orlando, the Pro Bowl will return to Camping World Stadium on Jan. 28. The game will be televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and simulcast on ABC, marking the first time it will air on both broadcast and cable networks.
