Roger Goodell says NFL considering eliminating extra point

$hit can the pro bowl. Keep the xpoint.

1 point isn't worth a 40yd fg. It is supposed to be a bit of a chip shot. Still I like the idea of doing away with it, and adding the +/- 1 risk/reward to the attempt if you go for it instead of kicking it.

At first I didn't love this concept but after thinking about I think it obviously the best choice.

TDs are currently worth 7 points anyways because the kick is so easy. Making a TD officially 7, eliminating the kick aspect, and integrating the +1/-1 go-for-it option essentially makes it exactly the same as it now. But games can be shorter and I'll bet we see more teams going for it too.

I was thinking something similar.

Standard PAT - 1 pt
40 yard PAT - 2 pts
50 yard PAT - 3 pts

It would certainly make for some really interesting comeback scenarios, and there wouldn't be as much of a need for desperation onside kicks that don't ever work. So if you were down by 9 you could still come back with one possession. And a team up by 7 could still clinch a 2 possession game with a field goal, but up by 6 you'd have to think a bit harder about going for it on 4th.

Oh yeah, and kickers would be gettin PAID!

This is getting kinda like yahoo fantasy scoring with the kickers. Dont think Goodell has this in mind

This is getting kinda like yahoo fantasy scoring with the kickers. Dont think Goodell has this in mind

Definitely not.

Keep it simple.

At first I didn't love this concept but after thinking about I think it obviously the best choice.

TDs are currently worth 7 points anyways because the kick is so easy. Making a TD officially 7, eliminating the kick aspect, and integrating the +1/-1 go-for-it option essentially makes it exactly the same as it now. But games can be shorter and I'll bet we see more teams going for it too.
I think most teams would adopt the adage of don't take points off the board. I think the result would be dramatically less go for it attempts.


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I just heard that extra points have a success rate of 99.1% since 2004.

So again why is anyone objectively against changing up a play that's become almost automatic?So based on this (http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/kicking/sort/fieldGoalsMade/seasontype/2) and this (http://www.advancednflstats.com/2010/12/almost-always-go-for-2-point.html), maybe move the PAT LOS to the 25. And move the 2PT LOS to the 5, or do away with it.

Actually, I'd leave things the way they are. The whole point of the PAT is that it's a sure thing, versus gambling for 2. But I think teams are going to go for 2 more often, as rules keep favoring the offense, so that's where the excitement and drama will be, not over whether a PAT will be good, but whether a team goes for 1 or 2.

40 yard kick = 1 point
55-60 yard kick or conversion from the 2 yard line = 2 points

something along those lines may spice things up.

I like this idea the best if theyre going to change it.
If they did eliminate it it could only help the skins,they cant find a good kicker to save their ass.How many kickers have we had the past 20yrs?
Yeah Kia was great as a rookie and decent last yr but his kickoffs suck

I like this idea the best if theyre going to change it.
If they did eliminate it it could only help the skins,they cant find a good kicker to save their ass.How many kickers have we had the past 20yrs?
Yeah Kia was great as a rookie and decent last yr but his kickoffs suck

So after I posted this I googled it and found this article from 2012 and was not surprised by what I found:

If Billy Cundiff is gone from the Redskins by Sunday’s game, the team will ask a 19th employee to attempt a field goal since 1994. (Well, assuming the team attempts a field goal on Sunday. And assuming it isn’t taken by Graham Gano.)
We’ve been over this ground before — see this post from 2009, for example, when I included lots of photos of Redskins placekickers from the dismal past. The point is, Washington uses many kickers.
Just saying that “19″ number out loud makes it seem like ominous, but is it actually higher the number of kickers used by your average NFL team? Well, yes. By a lot.
In fact, no other team has used more than 13 field-goal kickers since 1994. Also, three-quarters of the league — 24 teams — have used nine or fewer kickers, less than half of Washington’s total if Cundiff goes. (Research via Pro Football Reference.)

Maybe kill two birds with one stone, and stop fighting the players with celebrations while revamping scoring. Allow excessive celebration for extra points and have celebrity judges or fans text in the score and award extra points based on their score.

And I'm spent . . .

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TO and Ochocinco are back in business

I'm surprised to see the vote split 50/50. I didn't think dropping the extra point would matter to most people. In this vote, am I sensing a general resistance to the way Goodell & Co. are changing the game?