Not that professional football needs another customer complaint, but …
No more ties!
After two weeks, the NFL already has two ties in the same season for only the fourth time since overtime was introduced in 1974. That leaves 15 more Sundays to reach a third deadlock for the first time since there were seven in 1973.
And, per usual for the NFL these days, no one is happy, and everyone wants change.
"It's almost like, 'Man, what did I sacrifice all that for?'" Vikings receiver Adam Thielen said the day after Monday's 29-29 tie at Green Bay. "That's the hardest part. At least when you lose, you lose. I don't know how I feel. Am I happy? Am I sad? Am I mad? Angry? I don't know."
The NFL increased the chances of more ties when it shortened overtime from 15 minutes to 10 last year. People were alarmed, but stood down when the first season produced zero ties.
Boy, that's changed in a hurry with back-to-back weeks with ties.
Is it an anomaly? Like 2016 and 1997, when the only two ties for the season came in consecutive weeks?