Roger Goodell says NFL considering eliminating extra point

How does that make me wrong? Your proof is one missed PAT. That's not wrong. That's statistical probability. For every single PAT miss you show I can show 250 made. 250 times that most of the audience was getting a beer or hitting the john and came back and the TD still counted for 7. You can show one time in like 10 years where it mattered.

Hell, there are like 10x more spaces before periods in your posts in the last month than mussed PATs this season.


What I showed is, yes, it matters.

starting to believe this is more of an anti-Goodell vote

starting to believe this is more of an anti-Goodell vote

I think you're right.

People act like he's pushing all the buttons, when it's the competition committee that decides on this stuff. There are rule changes every year, the game is always evolving.

I think you're right.

People act like he's pushing all the buttons, when it's the competition committee that decides on this stuff. There are rule changes every year, the game is always evolving.

Agree

Now, I know why you guys want it gone .:doh:


Washington Redskins Botched Extra Point To Lose Game Against Tampa Bay Bucs - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3qFse6U3_o)


Don't pretend your team doesn't stink too. :D

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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?
During the 2013 regular season, there were 5 missed extra points, and 6 missed field goals between 20 and 29 yards (No FGs were missed inside 20). I don't think eliminating it is the answer, but a change isn't a bad thing. Move it back to the 8, 13, or 18, but keep the field goal kicker relevant. If you eliminate the extra point, there will be coaches out there that either place those duties on a punter to open up the roster spot, or don't kick at all and always go for two/go for it on fourth inside FG range.

But I know all too well the pain of a missed extra point. I lost in the 2009 Warpath (Free) Fantasy Football League Championship game because Ryan Longwell missed an extra point...

How does that make me wrong? Your proof is one missed PAT. That's not wrong. That's statistical probability. For every single PAT miss you show I can show 250 made. 250 times that most of the audience was getting a beer or hitting the john and came back and the TD still counted for 7. You can show one time in like 10 years where it mattered.

Hell, there are like 10x more spaces before periods in your posts in the last month than mussed PATs this season.

that is really the best argument for keeping PAT.

now i need to choke my pee mid-stream so i can get back to see the kickoff and eventual touchback?

if entertainment is the goal, how would taking a football play away add entertainment?

id rather have 123 footbal plays in a game than 119.

id rather leave the 1% chance a kicker may miss a PAT to tie the game in closing seconds.

isnt a missed PAT to tie or win the game a super entertaining play?

i just dont see a compelling argument to change it and i think the compelling reason would have to substantially outweigh any counter benefit to allow for a rule change.

but if entertainment is the reason ... isnt any football play more entertaining than none at all?

Keep everything the way it is. If you make it harder for the extra point or encourage more teams to go for 2 the chances are the score will not be tied for very long after 0-0 and you will have teams on odd score numbers quickly. You probably won't see any more tied scores late in games or games going to overtime.

Steven Colbert weighs in on Extra-Point-Gate. LINK (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/432581/january-28-2014/superb-owl-xlviii---nfl-extra-point-debate)

Also check out Coach Gibbs and Colbert in "Fallback Position". :laughing-

Yes, keyword consider. The actual idea they came up with seems a little too much like trying to hard to be on the cutting edge.