The Steelers and Lions game on Sunday ended in the first tie of the 2021 season, 16-16, after both teams failed to score in overtime.For the Steelersrookie running back Patrick Beverley Jersey Najee Harris, it was also the first tie he had ever experienced in his football career. In fact, he admitted in the postgame pre s conference that he didn't even know NFLgames could end in a tie."I didn't even know you could tie in the NFL," Harris said, ."In my mind, I was sitting on the bench saying to myself I have another quarter still. I ain't ever had a tie in my life before."MORE:Najee Harris talks about wanting the ball in the red zone and not knowing there could be ties in the Wesley Johnson Jersey . (Donovan McNabb anyone?) Christopher Carter (@CarterCritiques) Harris said he didn't know the game was over until someone on the Steelers sideline announced "It's over" whenPat Freiermuth fumbled the ball with eight seconds left inovertime. Like Harris said, he was ready to get back on the field to try to win the game in double overtime, if that existed in regular seasonNFL games.During the regular season, NFL games are limited to a singleovertime.Harris wasn't the only player on Sunday who was unaware of ties in the NFL. Lions running backGodwin Igwebuike told mediaafter the game that he was asking people on the sidelines how many overtimes there could be Paul George Jersey . He supposedly was told that there could be two or three.Lions RB/KR Godwin Igwebuike didn't know either. He was asking around on the sideline Louis Williams Jersey how many OTs there can be. One person said three, another person said two. Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) MORE:The Lions game was thesecond overtime game of Harris' NFLcareer. The Steelers eventually beat the Seahawks, 23-20, in their Week 6 OT game. No tie, there.FINAL/OT: We have the first tie of the 2021 season. NFL (@NFL) It's no wonder that Harris hasn't experienced a tie in his life since NCAA football games continue on past the first overtime period unle s a touchdown is scored. Penn State and Illinois even played nine overtimeson Oct. 23 this season Tobias Harris Jersey . In his four-year career at Alabama, Harris only experienced one overtime game, which occurred during Alabama's win over Georgia inthe 2017 season's College Football Playoffchampionship, and that game only had one overtime.MORE:Since 1974 when overtime was established in the NFL, Sunday's Steelers vs. Lions game resulted in the 27th tie. Before overtime was introduced in the NFL, there were 256 ties from 1920-1974.