Good-bye extra point?

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-netwo...ll-talks-possible-elimination-of-extra-points

Interesting. I say if you are going to do it, eliminate the kick and make you go for 1 by running or passing from the 2 and two pt conversions from the 5 yard line.

 

Exactly what everyone in the office said. Also, all at one time when one of us read it out loud.

Sometimes it makes you wonder if these guys are truly in touch with their customer base.

 

I saw this yesterday and my desire to punch goodell in the face actually grew.

 

I say keep it but move it back a little for 1 pt
further back for 2 pt
and even further back for 3

then we could draft a kicker in a higher rd

 

And if you make it from your own 2 yard line, you get 98 points.

 

yes , why the hell not

that's what they want is high scoring games

I want the kicker from FSU rd 1

 

Siiiiiiiiicem BFT!

 

I thought of that too, but I've gotta admit that player safety aside, it would definitely make the game more interesting/exciting.

 

This was pretty much the same response on Facebook. But this isn't Goodell. It's the competition committee kickng things around. He's just the messenger.

 

Ok ive got the answer .. keep TDs as 6 points, and extra points as 1 point, just like it is now. The only difference though Who ever scores the TD -- RB, WR, tight end defensive back or lineman, or qb -- THEY are the ones that have to kick the extra point.
What do you think? That'd make things a lil more interesting, right?

 

that would be fun
got my vote

 

That would be brilliant.

 

On a PAT, make the kicker kick it with his other foot. A right footed kicker would have to kick it with his left foot and a left footed kicker with his right foot.

 

Get rid of the placeholders for extra points. Centre snaps the ball back, and the kicker just has to volley the ball in before it touches the ground.

 

Now that would be fun to watch

I did hear about this on ESPN radio or somewhere a few days ago. I'm not a fan of the idea of getting rid of the PAT.

 

I don't know if it's possible for my desire to punch him can grow any more....but I do know one thing he should worry more about the absolutely horrendous officiating that is taking place in this league. Something drastic needs to be done and soon. They refs along with the rules,which are all over the place need to be overhauled. They are single handedly changing the outcome of games.

 

I caught a few minutes of NFL Radio today and they were talking about this.

The one proposal that both Bob Papa and LaDanian Tomlinson liked was the one that Goodell talked about in the video. And that one would be that a TD is worth 7 automatically with no extra point, but you could go for an extra point (8) by running a play from the two and if it failed you lost a point and went back to six. The thought is that most teams would simply take the 7 and a lot of extra point kicks would be eliminated, unless of course the situation warranted going for two. Not sure how I feel about taking away a point, but it would be infrequent and could have some really interesting ramifications on strategy and time management at the end of games.

 

Again, Goodell is simply reporting what the competition committee is considering. He's not orchestrating the whole deal, he's simply reporting what they are discussing. Where the idea came from originally no one knows. Perhaps it was Goodell, but it could have just as easily been from someone on the committee. Its not like Goodell dreams these things up on his own and then tries to ram it down everyones throats.

 

I BLAME TOMLIN!!!

 

I think the NFL is like a lot of other corporations, they think they know what the customer wants without actually asking them.

 

I read today that another option could be to have the kicker drop kick the extra point.

 

ME TOO! HE SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY!

 

How about he just drop kicks goodell instead??? LOL.