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If the NFL adopts an odd rule proposal from the Colts, a nine-point game will be a one-possession game.
The Colts will propose a new rule at next week’s league meeting that would allow teams to try for a “bonus point” after a successful two-point conversion. So if a team lines up for a two-point conversion attempt and succeeds, that team would then line up at the 32-yard line and try a 50-yard field goal. If the kick is good, the team would get one point, for a total of nine points on the possession: six on the touchdown, two on the conversion and one on the bonus kick.
“That was just us brainstorming creative ideas” says Colts GM Ryan Grigson. Another idea proposed by Grigson was a “free throw” rule where if a defensive penalty took place in the Red Zone, the offense would get an free pass play into the end zone and if completed would be worth 4 points. They then could add another 3 points with another free play of a FG kick from 75 yards to make it a potential 7 points total.
Added Grigson “7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby.”
The proposal is, for now, just to try the rule during the preseason. If it’s successful in the preseason, in the future it could be considered in the regular season. It’s not unusual for the league to try out new rules in the preseason; last year the league experimented with making extra points harder in preseason games.
It’s a strange rule, and according to Competition Committee co-chair Jeff Fisher, it’s the first time in many years that a significant change in scoring has been proposed. It seems awfully unlikely that the proposal will pass.
But if it does pass, we’ll have to stop saying teams are “going for two” and start saying teams are “going for three.”
If the NFL adopts an odd rule proposal from the Colts, a nine-point game will be a one-possession game.
The Colts will propose a new rule at next week’s league meeting that would allow teams to try for a “bonus point” after a successful two-point conversion. So if a team lines up for a two-point conversion attempt and succeeds, that team would then line up at the 32-yard line and try a 50-yard field goal. If the kick is good, the team would get one point, for a total of nine points on the possession: six on the touchdown, two on the conversion and one on the bonus kick.
“That was just us brainstorming creative ideas” says Colts GM Ryan Grigson. Another idea proposed by Grigson was a “free throw” rule where if a defensive penalty took place in the Red Zone, the offense would get an free pass play into the end zone and if completed would be worth 4 points. They then could add another 3 points with another free play of a FG kick from 75 yards to make it a potential 7 points total.
Added Grigson “7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby.”
The proposal is, for now, just to try the rule during the preseason. If it’s successful in the preseason, in the future it could be considered in the regular season. It’s not unusual for the league to try out new rules in the preseason; last year the league experimented with making extra points harder in preseason games.
It’s a strange rule, and according to Competition Committee co-chair Jeff Fisher, it’s the first time in many years that a significant change in scoring has been proposed. It seems awfully unlikely that the proposal will pass.
But if it does pass, we’ll have to stop saying teams are “going for two” and start saying teams are “going for three.”
is that fukking real? I just died laughing
this is the dumbest shyt ive ever heard. Andrew luck aint winning shyt with retards running the colts