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NFL Competition Committee Considers Longer PAT Attempts
Posted on 3/4/14 at 7:42 am
Posted on 3/4/14 at 7:42 am
quote:A 20 yard try would give way to a 42 yard try. I don't know how I feel about such a drastic change, especially in terrible weather conditions. Maybe they could make it a 35 yard try, or spot the ball at the 18 yard line.
NFL.com reports the league's competition committee has discussed a proposal that would move extra-point attempts from the two- to 25-yard line.
That means PATs would go from 19 to 42 yards in length. Kickers converted 1,262-of-1,267 extra-point attempts last season, good for a staggering 99.6 conversion rate. The play has become so automatic as to be pointless. Making PATs longer would place a greater emphasis on finding and keeping good kickers, as well as encourage more two-point conversion attempts. Although we're on board with modifying the extra point, automatically awarding seven points and reverting to six if a team fails on a two-point conversion may make more sense.
I guess I'm all for making the extra point more than just a formality. But the drasticness of this change seems excessive.
This post was edited on 3/4/14 at 9:56 am
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Posted on 3/4/14 at 7:45 am to The Sad Banana
Better to make it harder than to just eliminate it completely.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 7:46 am to The Sad Banana
42 yard try or 3 yards for 2? Easy choice. If you're 50% from 3 yards you've lost nothing.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 8:58 am to The Sad Banana
well kickers just became a little less valuable in fantasy football...
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:45 am to The Sad Banana
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spot the ball at the 28 yard line.
That would make it a 45 yard attempt
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:59 am to The Sad Banana
i hate tinkering with shite just to tinker with it.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 10:22 am to The Sad Banana
i would mark the ball at the 15 yard line making it like a 32 yard kick
Posted on 3/4/14 at 11:18 am to The Sad Banana
I heard somebody saying 40-49 yarders are about 80% and the 2 point is about 42% conversion. So it should make you go for 2 more since it's the success rate is slightly better points wise. I don't mind them moving the extra point back. I think they said 26 or 28 kickers didn't miss one extra point all season.
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