NFL considering extra points be kicked from the 25 yard line

[the cac mamba]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t2
f you want an extra point in the future, you might have to really work for it.

The NFL is reportedly considering making PATs 42 yards, perJudy Battista of NFL.com:

The NFL Competition Committee has discussed experimenting this preseason with a longer -- much longer -- extra-point try. According to one member, the committee's meetings this weekend included preliminary talks about placing the ball at the 25-yard line for the extra-point kick -- which would make it a 42-yard attempt -- rather than the 2-yard line, where it is currently placed.

A member of the competition committee said, "There is no consensus yet. We could experiment in preseason, but we are not there yet."

The reason for the proposed change is that extra points are too much of a given. It's gotten to the point—no pun intended—where teams might as well be given seven points automatically for a touchdown because the PAT is essentially a free point.

 

[concise]

They'll use this reason when 95% of kickoffs are touchbacks to eliminate them as well.

 

[Brady-Carter]

I'd be cool with this.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

I'd only be ok with this if they made it four points for getting the ball in the endzone.

I don't like the idea of having to declare what you're going to try AND starting at two different positions depending on what they declare.

NFL kickers are still pretty automatic from the 25. wtf am I talking about...the fukkery would be unprecedented. Bring it on.

 

[yoyoyo1]

but then what happens when they wanna go for 2? 25 yard line?

 

[Snitchin Splatter]

I like it, kickers will be choking at a unprecedented level

 

[concise]

but then what happens when they wanna go for 2? 25 yard line?

2 points from the 2 yd line
4 points from the 25.

Brilliant!

 

[MVike28]

the first ever rule that Goodell came up with that actually makes fukking sense.

Well..well..

 

[ch15x]

I know it's rare, but dropkicks would be cool...

 

[No_bammer_weed]

25 yrds is too far for one point, but I think somewhere in the 10-15 range works.

 

[Brady-Carter]

NFL kickers are still pretty automatic from the 25.

They would have to line up at the 25. It would be a 42 yard extra point attempt, instead of a 25 yard point attempt.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

They would have to line up at the 25. It would be a 42 yard extra point attempt, instead of a 25 yard point attempt.

I caught that it was at the 25, I didn't fully appreciate how much harder it is.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

It passed