NFL considering proposal to abolish extra points

[Stix]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000315779/article/nfl-eyeing-proposal-to-abolish-extra-points

"The extra point is almost automatic," Goodell said. "I believe we had five missed extra points this year out of 1,200 some odd (attempts). So it's a very small fraction of the play, and you want to add excitement with every play.

"There's one proposal in particular that I've heard about," Goodell went on. "It's automatic that you get seven points when you score a touchdown, but you could potentially go for an eighth point, either by running or passing the ball, so if you fail, you go back to six."

WHAT?!!!!

[Mean Green 93-98]

I don't like it. To me, a better solution would be to move the given LOS back further. For some reason, the NFL has deliberately made XPs easier by placing the ball at the 2 instead of the 3. What they could do is move the ball back to the 12 or a little further to kick the extra point, or leave it at the 2 to run or pass for the 2-point conversion. That would completely eliminate fake kick attempts on extra points, but so would eliminating kicked extra points altogether.

[Rudy]

Sometimes, they can't just leave good enough alone.

[UNT90]

Dumb.

Dumber than twitter, AAMOF.

Should never be enacted.

Don't trick it up, son.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Sometimes, they can't just leave good enough alone.

True. Doesn't even the name "extra point" suggest that it's a way to give a team who has just scored a TD a fairly easy way to make 6 points 7points?

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

Terrible.... that makes field goals 1/2 as valuable of touchdowns unless they call a TD 7-points.... plus it would take away the 2-point option some teams use to catch up or win...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.... maybe the worst NFL idea ever.

Edited January 21, 2014 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[Mean Green 93-98]

.... plus it would take away the 2-point option some teams use to catch up or win...

No, this proposal would still leave that more or less intact.

[forevereagle]

That would completely eliminate fake kick attempts on extra points, but so would eliminating kicked extra points altogether.

I cannot recall the last time I saw a fake attempt on an extra point.

[Mean Green 93-98]

I cannot recall the last time I saw a fake attempt on an extra point.

Me neither. It happens, but I don't see it as much of an issue.

[oldguystudent]

Tony Romo would argue that the extra point is not automatic.

[KingDL1]

Goodell sucks, didn't he want to get rid of kickoffs also

[KingDL1]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/10/nfl-players-vehemently-opposed-to-roger-goodell-abolishing-kickoffs/

[Green P1]

Just one step closer to robots playing the game.

[KingDL1]

So what comes first Robots or all non hitting and no tackling a(two below league/no touch). Well they can hardly hit anymore anyways.

[Stix]

forget robots. Holograms - if they still want to fill stadiums. Otherwise they can just keep on improving the video game technology and make it a video-only game.

[JesseMartin]

Let's just scrap the whole league and replace it with Extreme Water Polo! I'm mostly kidding, but that might be more entertaining than where this is headed.

[Army of Dad]

I learned my 7s multiplication table faster than all the other ones and all the other kids in the class. Don't do it NFL, think of the children!

[CMJ]

I learned my 7s multiplication table faster than all the other ones and all the other kids in the class. Don't do it NFL, think of the children!

Me too!