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re: It’s time to squeeze the goalposts in in the NFL
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:15 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:15 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
It's time to move the hash marks back to where they matter again.
Get back to the roots of the game.
Get back to the roots of the game.
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Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:16 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
How about letting the defense try to block kicks again?
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:23 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
quote:Possibly. However, I think the bigger impact has just been the ultra-specialization from early ages. Travel ball. Crazy parents. Money ball effect. College costs going way up. etc.
Also, do you think that the increase in popularity of soccer for kids in the last 30 years has helped develop these kickers?
I think there’s a direct correlation with how great kickers are today and the fact that all of these kickers probably started playing soccer when they were toddlers.
Kickers were an under-appreciated value play for decades.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:43 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
I would be down for that. Even field goals 50+ yards are basically automatic. I prefer how it is in most highschools. Where kicking a field goal is more of a 50/50 thing, so coaches are a lot more creative with playcalling and much more willing to go for it.
In the NFL, once you get past the 50, you're in field goal range. At the end of games, most teams are getting the ball at the 30 with a kickoff. All they have to do is drive about 30 yards, and it's damn near a sure thing that they will win the game now. It's such an anti-climactic ending that I really hate. Once the other team lines up for a field goal, it's basically a foregone conclusion that the game is over and you lost.
I'd 100% be down for narrowing the goalposts to make it more entertaining.
In the NFL, once you get past the 50, you're in field goal range. At the end of games, most teams are getting the ball at the 30 with a kickoff. All they have to do is drive about 30 yards, and it's damn near a sure thing that they will win the game now. It's such an anti-climactic ending that I really hate. Once the other team lines up for a field goal, it's basically a foregone conclusion that the game is over and you lost.
I'd 100% be down for narrowing the goalposts to make it more entertaining.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 2:15 pm to Big Scrub TX
I’m patiently waiting for Gaston to find this thread
Posted on 11/19/24 at 2:20 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
Leave them where they are but if the Kicker can put it through the uprights on kickoff give them +1 points to make it a chance at a 2pt conversion. Then you could potentially have a team be down 9 and tie it up. Or if your kicker was good at it you could go for 2 most of the time and still maybe get 7 if you fail on the 2pt
Posted on 11/19/24 at 3:11 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
Nah let’s make it two yds on each side. Really make it a challenge
Posted on 11/19/24 at 3:46 pm to Big Scrub TX
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I think they should get rid of kicks for scoring altogether.
Jesus Christ
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:09 pm to MelGibsonPatriotGif
Don’t tell Koo how easy it is
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:13 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
quote:What? It's so bizarrely incongruent with the game itself. And the players appear to almost all have outward contempt for the position.
Jesus Christ
I don't see how anyone can like last minute TD drives basically requiring leaving less than 10 seconds on the clock since kickers are so insanely long now.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:49 pm to slackster
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We would probably have a lot of posters here that would try to argue kickers used to be better back in the day if the stats weren’t so damning
I loved me some George Blanda...
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:49 pm to slackster
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This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 11/19/24 at 7:59 pm to Big Scrub TX
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What? It's so bizarrely incongruent with the game itself.
Well, it is called 'football'.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 8:24 pm to Big Scrub TX
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I don't see how anyone can like last minute TD drives basically requiring leaving less than 10 seconds on the clock since kickers are so insanely long now.
The less time left on a game winning play, the more dramatic it is… think of the difference between scoring with 30 seconds left, and scoring with 5 seconds left
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