How Eagles executive played a role in outcome of Super Bowl LVIII

How Eagles executive played a role in outcome of Super Bowl LVIII originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

In the wake of the Chiefs’ 25-22 win over the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, much of the talk since has been about the playoff overtime rules.

We finally got to see those rules, which passed in March of 2022, in action for the first time in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

In a story from The Ringer, it seems like the Chiefs were extremely prepared for playoff overtime, while the 49ers were … well … not so much.

While the Eagles didn’t get very close to the big game on Sunday, that playoff overtime rule was spearheaded by two folks with close ties to the organization:

The NFL overtime rule was changed because of two people – Frank Reich and Jon Ferrari. They spearheaded a bunch of research and this Super Bowl could be different because of it

— Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) February 12, 2024

You obviously know Reich. The former Eagles offensive coordinator has since been an NFL head coach twice and back in March of 2022 was still the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Ferrari is now one of two Eagles’ assistant general managers but that spring was still the Eagles’ vice president of football operations and compliance.

In an April 2022 episode of the Eagles Insider Podcast with Dave Spadaro, Ferrari explained how the rule change came to be.

Ferrari said that the Eagles and Colts had proposed rule changes that were nearly identical in 2022 so the two clubs teamed up. They figured they’d have strength in numbers if they presented together. Ultimately, the proposal at that year’s league meetings came from both Indianapolis and Philadelphia.

The Eagles and Colts met at the Combine that year to merge their proposals and then began working with the league to shore up the language of the proposal for the upcoming league meetings.

“Even something as simple as giving a second possession in overtime can create a waterfall, a cascade of unintended consequences if…

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Publish date : 2024-02-12 17:18:20

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