Tom Coughlin: Want excitement? Move extra points to the 1

[jonathanlambert33]

Giants coach Tom Coughlin says the NFL went in the wrong direction in its preseason extra point experiment.

Coughlin says that if the idea is to make extra points a more exciting play, moving kicks back to the 15-yard line while keeping two-point conversion attempts at the 2-yard line wasnt the right way to do it. Coughlin says the NFL should have moved all point-after attempts to the 1-yard line, to encourage coaches to go for two.

I didnt think much of it when it was suggested, Coughlin said, via Conor Orr of the Star-Ledger. There are some ways to change that part of it if the intent is to make it more exciting. I think that certainly would be one of them. I think you have to be aware of the fact that its a 33-yard field goal in November when the winds blowing and its snowing here and its in Miami its 75 degrees. Its a little different in different parts of the country. You do have to be aware of that. I would say probably the ball will stay at the two, extra points. But if you really want to make it interesting put it at the one.

Coughlin makes a good point: If the ball were spotted at the 1-yard line, NFL coaches would be much more tempted to go for two more often, on the theory that a run up the middle is more likely to be successful from a yard away than two yards away. (And additionally under the theory that a pass is more likely to be successful when the defense has to stack the line of scrimmage to stop a run up the middle.)

The NFL is expected to make some change to the extra point rule, and probably sooner rather than later. Coughlins idea of moving the ball to the 1 may make more sense than the preseason experiment of moving the ball to the 15.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/21/tom-coughlin-want-excitement-move-extra-points-to-the-1-yard-line/

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

I like it

 

[elcheato]

The extra point is so idiotic, should not even be apart of the game.

No kicks, get rid of the two point provision and make the current two point conversion only worth one. Or runs worth one and passes worth two

 

[RipCity32]

Or just keep it as is. If it ain't broke don't fix it. 

 

[elcheato]

The extra point is broke because it makes no sense. If the game was recreated today it would never include an extra point.

 

[RipCity32]

But it does, and has for how many years. 

 

[elcheato]

Just because it's been around for years doesn't mean it makes sense. Its a gimmie point that is converted 99.9% of the time. Why have it? Making teams have to go for it creates more excitement as well.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Yeah zero reason to do away with the extra point.

 

[elcheato]

There's zero reason to have it

Putting the ball on the 1 for two point conversions and making the extra point a 50 yard field goal would be fine with me, but at that point I wouldn't see a need for that stipulation

 

[BwareDWare94]

I like it moved back. There are shitty kickers in this league and teams should pay for that, imo. There would be quite a few missed extra points at 33 yards. It wouldn't be common, but it'd happen, and it'd decide games.