Taking this thread as an opportunity to plug my overtime rule change proposal:

Whichever team receives the opening kickoff also receives the OT kickoff

Incentives teams to receive the opening kickoff, since as OP mentioned basically every team defers now, and also at the end of regulation both teams know who will be getting the ball in OT, so it might influence end-of-game decision making

This has been a great week to be a hater

Arthur Smith hate? ✅

McDaniels hate? ✅

Garoppolo hate? ✅

Purdy hate? ✅