If someone's house was engulfed in flames, would you hand him a fire extinguisher?
Of course not.
But that's how the NFL is handling its overtime problem.
Owners voted this week to reduce regular-season overtime periods from 15 to 10 minutes, a gesture as thoughtful as buying your mother-in-law a candle for Christmas.
Meanwhile, overtime's most significant flaw remains. A team still can lose a game without its offense taking a snap in the extra period, as the Falcons did in last season's Super Bowl against the Patriots. Let that sink in: With the world watching, the NFL's marquee game — the 267th in a grueling 22-week season — was decided without one of the teams ever touching the ball in overtime.