faba Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Goodell: NFL may consider scrapping PATs, adding excitement to TDs Must Read?Yes 10 Email StoryPrint by Sam Gardner, Fox Sports1 hour ago Earlier this season, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick told reporters that extra points in football were boring because they have become so automatic, and now it appears commissioner Roger Goodell might agree. In fact, on Monday, Goodell appeared on NFL Network’s “Total Access,” and took things a step further than Belichick, indicating that the league’s competition committee could consider eliminating the PAT altogether. “One of the things the committee does besides looking first at the safety issues … (is) looking to see, ‘Are there any plays in the game that, really, are not consequential?’” Goodell told host Rich Eisen. “And one of the issues that has happened is that the extra point is almost automatic.” Goodell is right enough there. The NFL only saw five missed extra points this regular season — one each from Green Bay, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Philadelphia — in 1,267 tries. And the active kicker with the worst PAT conversion rate is Graham Gano, who has made 97.6 percent of his regular-season kicks since coming into the league four seasons ago. But if football actually did do away with the extra point, then what would happen after a touchdown? “You want to add excitement with every play,” Goodell said. “So there have been some proposals. Some are still going through the process of creativity, but there’s one proposal in particular that I’ve heard about (where) it’s automatic that you get seven points when you score a touchdown, but you could potentially go for an eighth point, either by running or passing the ball. But if you fail, you’d go back to six.” It’s certainly an interesting idea that would force coaches to rethink the way they approach certain game situations, but before you start thinking about how such a rule might impact the 17th round of your fantasy draft next year, take a breath — because Goodell, in his interview, also made it clear that the proposal he discussed is just that. “We often get a lot of ideas that are thrown out,” Goodell said. “The committee will look at all of them and decide what is worthy of further consideration. “There’s some issues, and it goes back to … unintended consequences,” he continued. “You want to be careful there; is that going to discourage people from going for two? We want to make sure we look at some of that, and that’s what the committee does. They’ll make, obviously, some focus on this in the committee and see where they come out.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastineau Lives Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Rex Ryan: Worst extra point conversion decision coach ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I am not saying Goddell changes rules based on which plays caused injuries to star Patriots players but coincidentally Gronk got injured on a PAT. The PAT had to know it was in for trouble once that happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiFtheOracle Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 “You want to add excitement with every play,” Goodell said. “So there have been some proposals. Some are still going through the process of creativity, but there’s one proposal in particular that I’ve heard about (where) it’s automatic that you get seven points when you score a touchdown, but you could potentially go for an eighth point, either by running or passing the ball. But if you fail, you’d go back to six.” As much as I like to bash Goodell for ruining the league, this is not a terrible idea. I kinda like it. Another thought, would be to just back the extra point up. Maybe start analyzing where FG percentages start to fall, 25, 30, 35 and then back the extra point up to there so teams might be more inclined to go for a close 2 as opposed to a long 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 They should eliminate the kick option, and just make the the one point play an offensive play. That way, every team has to go for the play after every TD, and they all become very important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 The commercial kickoff for touchback commercial is what's ****ig boring you scumbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 They should move it back and make it a 35+ yarder. Not sure why Goodell seems intent on fixing what really isn't broken though. ******* guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 More Offense sells-that is the logic being used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 They should eliminate the kick option, and just make the the one point play an offensive play. That way, every team has to go for the play after every TD, and they all become very important. Disagree. I like that they can opt for either a 1 or 2 point conversion, it adds to game strategy. They just need to move the extra point kick back and lower the odds of converting it. FG kicks when the lead hangs in the balance are some of the most suspenseful parts of football. Extra point kicks can and should be made to be similar, nothing about them should be a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 More Offense sells-that is the logic being used Nah, this has more to do with the commercial breaks. Him rationalizing it as a "safety" issue is pure scumbagginess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 We are definitely going to 18 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neckdemon Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 i agree that its boring,. they should move it back and make them kick it from one of the hash marks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SickJetFan Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 i think they sh just move it back like other said and make it a 40 yard kick so teams opt to go for 2 pts esp in windy conditions. if they going for 2 pts they need to start at 5 yard line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Dislike Goodell as much as the next guy, but I think he's spot on here. It's a non-football play and non-football plays have no business being involved in the game. You have one of two options to correct things: 1) Make the play more difficult where odds are no longer 99%. 2) Get rid of it entirely. Personally, I'd opt for the second as I don't care for idea of making kickers more integral to the game than they already are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York Mick Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Do it like they do in rugby. You kick 20 meters or more if you'd like straight back from where the player touches the ball down during a score. In the NFL they just don't need to touch it down. It would be from where they broke the plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flgreen Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I don't see the big change. You still get the option of the automatic point, with out a play, or going for two. Move the ball back to the 30, a 47 yard FG, That will get coaches going for two more often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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