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How to play 2-Minute Drill

2-Minute Drill is a free daily NFL play-calling game. Every day, everyone gets the same real end-of-game situation from an actual NFL final drive. You're trailing late. Call plays one snap at a time, manage the clock and drive for the win.

The goal

Score before time runs out. A touchdown always wins it, and a field goal wins it when three points is enough. The drive ends on a turnover, a turnover on downs, or when the clock hits 0:00. A tie at the end sends the game to overtime.

Calling plays

• Pick Run, Pass or RPO, then the play.
• The field shows the real 22 players from that game, colored by rating from red to green. The matchup bar shows who has the edge passing, running and in protection. Tap a player to see who it is.
• On a pass, choose Short, Medium, Deep or Sideline, then tap the tab again to cycle real NFL concepts like Smash, Flood, Mesh and Four Verticals, each from its own formation. Tap a receiver to pick him and tap again to throw.
• Read the safeties before the snap. They show the coverage, and a concept built to beat it gets an edge while one that struggles against it pays for it.

Managing the clock

• Incompletions, plays that go out of bounds, spikes and timeouts stop the clock. Everything else keeps it running.
• The clock also stops at the two-minute warning, under today's NFL rules.
• With the clock running you can hurry up and snap, or run it down to 0:03 before the snap and kick the walk-off field goal.
• In field goal range you can take a knee to burn a down and keep the clock moving.

Scoring and grades

• After a touchdown, choose to kick the extra point (94%) or go for two (48%).
• Every call is graded against the best option in that spot, from thousands of simulated finishes.
• Outcomes come from real NFL play-by-play probabilities. The same calls give every player the same result, and you get one attempt per day.

Playing defense

Each day also has a second drive from the other sideline. You're protecting a late lead, and the offense calls plays the way the coach who really called that game did. Call the coverage (Zone, Man, Pressure or Situational). Win with a takeaway, a stop on downs, a missed kick or by running out the clock. Either drive keeps your daily streak alive.

Overtime

Tied at the end of regulation? You play overtime on offense and defense under today's NFL rules: both teams get the ball, then the next score wins. A regular-season game is one 10-minute period and can end in a tie. Playoff games play on until somebody wins.

Sharing your drive

Win or lose, you get an emoji drive chart to share with friends, or challenge a friend to beat your result on the same drive.

FAQ

Are the situations real?

Yes. Every daily drive is a real game-deciding final drive from NFL play-by-play data since 2010, regular season and playoffs, with the real score, clock, field position, timeouts and players. After you play, you see what really happened on the last snaps.

When does a new puzzle come out?

A new drive unlocks every day at midnight your local time.

Is it free?

Yes. 2-Minute Drill is free in any web browser on your phone or computer, with no account or download needed.