Wednesday 20 May 2015

NFL Moving PAT's Back

I'm second guessing writing an article about this rather than a tweet, but here it is. The NFL has moved extra points back from the 2 yard line, to the 15 yard line. That means now the extra point kick will be a 33 yard kick instead of a 20 yard kick. Another change is that defenses will be allowed to return 2-point conversions for scores and they will get 2 points instead. The NFL is trying to fix something that they believe to be broken. NFL kickers have made 99.5% of PAT's the last four seasons, and this could bring some actual excitement to the extra points. It could also force teams to go for 2-point conversions more often, which adds another layer of excitement to the changes made. My only issue with this change, is that nobody wants actual games to be decided by extra points, and if there is a situation where a team needs seven points to tie a game, and they miss the PAT and lose the game, then that could be a huge problem. Overall though this could be a change for the better, and kickers still hit the majority of 33 yard field goals anyways, so the level of risk isn't that high. At least it could bring more 2-point conversion attempts, because they are always fun to watch.

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