OT: rumor that extra points are going to be from the 1 yard line

[hwc]

I don't care what they do because I won't be watching...

 

[Marinlik]

leave things the way they are. games should be decided by TDs, not what happens after TDs

Remove the extra point then, and make it an automatic one point and you can choose to remove that point and go for two. That would basically be like it is now. But without the injury risk from a play that is fully useless and automatic, as well as a waste of time.

 

[tasmlab]

Get rid of all the kicking game.
Make TDs worth 7
Remove the field goals
Have teams start on their 20 without a kickoff
Rename "football" to "tackleball"
Give the name "football" back to soccer like the rest of the world.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

On one of the preseason games the were discussing how blocked XPs, or fumble recoveries and interceptions on extra points can be returned for 2 points by the defense.I can envision a scenario here a team takes a knee rather than attempt an extra point that could cost them the game.
Down 28-23 a team scores a last second touchdown to go up 29-28 and all that's left is an extra point with no time left. In the past, it wouldn't matter but now a blocked kick that gets returned costs the team the game. Why not just take a knee?Look at the Pats-Saints game in 2013. The Pats scored with 5 seconds left to go ahead 29-27. Had there been no time left when they scored, under the new rules a blocked return could have tied the game.....

 

[Marinlik]

On one of the preseason games the were discussing how blocked XPs, or fumble recoveries and interceptions on extra points can be returned for 2 points by the defense.I can envision a scenario here a team takes a knee rather than attempt an extra point that could cost them the game.
Down 28-23 a team scores a last second touchdown to go up 29-28 and all that's left is an extra point with no time left. In the past, it wouldn't matter but now a blocked kick that gets returned costs the team the game. Why not just take a knee?Look at the Pats-Saints game in 2013. The Pats scored with 5 seconds left to go ahead 29-27. Had there been no time left when they scored, under the new rules a blocked return could have tied the game.....

And it would make the play exactly as interesting as the 1 point conversion has been in the past. But most extra points will probably be more interesting than they have been in the past.