42 yard Extra Points---NFL considering

[sbark]

NFL.com's Judy Battista reported that the NFL Competition Committee discussing whether to award an extra point for a 42-yard field after touchdowns. Teams would still have the option to go for two points from the two-yard line.

The 20-yard chip shot point-after attempt was converted "99.6 percent of the time during the 2013 season." According to NFL.com, "placing the ball at the 25-yard line would certainly increase the degree of difficulty for kickers. The conversion rate of field goals between 40 and 49 yards last season was 83 percent." Teams that went for the two-point conversion were successful about 50% of the time.

"There is no consensus yet," one member of the committee told Battista. "We could experiment in preseason, but we are not there yet."

 

[Denim Chicken]

I wish they would stop trying to fix what isn't broken.

 

[jrumann59]

Personally if they do that allow returns on the kick to be 1 point if it is short or possibly blocked and caught before it hits the ground. Also make int or fumbles returned on 2pt conversions worth the 2 points to the other team.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Personally if they do that allow returns on the kick to be 1 point if it is short or possibly blocked and caught before it hits the ground. Also make int or fumbles returned on 2pt conversions worth the 2 points to the other team.

I like the potential for the defense scoring if the offense goes for two, .. but it should just be a dead ball if the XP kick is no good. IMO

 

[casmith07]

99.6% means people still miss them.

Leave the game of football alone, Goodell.