Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler said someone in the San Francisco 49ers organization will pay the price for a widely denounced decision that led San Francisco to take the ball first in overtime. For years, overtime in the NFL for the regular season and the playoffs was a sudden-death affair, with the game ending as soon as someone scored. However, as noted by Yahoo Sports, in March 2022 that rule was changed for postseason games to ensure each team gets the ball once. If a game is tied after each team scores, the game then reverts to a sudden-death format. At the Super Bowl, San Fr…
