NFL Rules
🏛️Official — NFLOvertime — Unified Rules (2025)
Verdict
Overtime rules were unified across regular season and postseason in 2025: Both teams are guaranteed at least one possession, regardless of what happens on the first possession (Rule 16); Overtime is a single 10-minute period (Rule 16); Each team receives 2 timeouts during overtime (Rule 16)
Source: Rule 16
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