The Drop Kick

When I was in the 7th grade we had to write a research paper on any topic of choice, so I did mine on the game of football. One of my subtopics was scoring. While doing my research I found out that a team can score by doing what was called a drop kick. The drop kick is similar to a punt but the ball must touch the ground before the kicker kicks the ball. And like a field gaol the ball must go between the up-rights. I can not remember how many points you can get for this But I do remember seeing on tv a while back that Jim McMahn tried to get Mike Holmgrin(SP) to let him do it during a game.

Any how to get to my point of this thread, is this method of scoring for real? If so is it still leagal today in the NFL? Have others heard of this?

I've heard of it and I believe it is still legal. the reason it probably isn't done is because of you never know how the ball is going to bounce and that's a huge risk.

I hear the espn nfl team joke about doing a drop kick atleast once or twice a year.

The game has gotten a lot faster and taller too. It is hard enough as it is to get a punt up into the air.

If you watch Rugby you'll see guys nail these kicks from way out. I guess it's all technique.

the drop kick (kicking a ball after bouncing it on the ground; although rarely used today, it has the same status in scoring as a place kick)

hrm, no real advantage I guess. Except you can punt over 50 yards, although accurately maybe not so much.

You guys remember one of Matt Turk's first punts with the Skins? It went like 125 yds in the air, 10 yards up field, and landed out of bounds. When asked after the game what happened, he replied something to the effect of "well, a football isn't really a round ball. its more like an egg. so its hard to kick accurately". That's a professional punter's take on punting, so I'd hate to see the kind of accuracy they'd have if trying to kick it through the uprights.

When I was in the 7th grade we had to write a research paper on any topic of choice, so I did mine on the game of football. One of my subtopics was scoring. While doing my research I found out that a team can score by doing what was called a drop kick. The drop kick is similar to a punt but the ball must touch the ground before the kicker kicks the ball. And like a field gaol the ball must go between the up-rights. I can not remember how many points you can get for this But I do remember seeing on tv a while back that Jim McMahn tried to get Mike Holmgrin(SP) to let him do it during a game.

Any how to get to my point of this thread, is this method of scoring for real? If so is it still leagal today in the NFL? Have others heard of this?

Jim McMahon of the Bears could drop kick incredibly well but never did use it in a game situation. There was an NFL Films episode about this a number of years ago.