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If there's a hold, I'm sure it's going for 2 from the 12.If it is holding it becomes a 42 yard FG, so going for 2 from the 2 might be enticing.
If there's a hold, I'm sure it's going for 2 from the 12.If it is holding it becomes a 42 yard FG, so going for 2 from the 2 might be enticing.
So much intrigue! I think more casual fans will now tune in to watch!!!!!If it is holding it becomes a 42 yard FG, so going for 2 from the 2 might be enticing.
Ooh, ok. That makes more sense. I was thinking it seemed like a get out of jail free card for an offensive penaltyIf there's a hold, I'm sure it's going for 2 from the 12.
Ya, that would be a loophole exploited way too often. If there's a penalty, it has to apply to whatever play you pick next.Ooh, ok. That makes more sense. I was thinking it seemed like a get out of jail free card for an offensive penalty
Yeah, that's my understanding as well. I can't imagine they would let you get 10 free yards back.If there's a hold, I'm sure it's going for 2 from the 12.
I'm with this as far as a kick ruining the balance.Stupid change. WGAS if they were virtually automatic? I don't want to see a game, let alone a playoff game or even the Super Bowl decided due to some botched XP because it's now from the 15. Just play the game and stop screwing around with it.
This is exactly right. I think this just makes the rules for the casual fan that much more confusing. It comes off like kids in a back yard just making up random rules as they go. That's why I don't like it.So much intrigue! I think more casual fans will now tune in to watch!!!!!
People don't fake it now. Why the hell would they fake it from the 15. In both cases you have all the elements of surprise you need.New extra-point rule creates intriguing opportunity for a fake
Posted by Mike Florio on May 20, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT
The element of surprise continues to be one of the more fascinating aspects of football. On the surface, the new extra point rule reduces the element of surprise.
Ultimately, it could enhance it.
With the two-point conversion play starting at the two and the one-point try now nudged to the 15, a team can choose to fake the kick and attempt to take the ball to the end zone. And that would result in two points for the offense.
So why would anyone choose not to take a crack at two points from the two but try to score two points from placekick formation on a play starting at the 15? Well, because no one is going to expect that.
The question now becomes whether someone will actually do it. At some point during the upcoming 256 regular-season games and 11 postseason games, it’s hard to think no one will.
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I just don't see a team attempting a fake from the 15. If so, I would bet it very rarely happens.
This is probably the stupidest fucking thing I've read, notwithstanding Iamtdg posts.New extra-point rule creates intriguing opportunity for a fake
Posted by Mike Florio on May 20, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT
The element of surprise continues to be one of the more fascinating aspects of football. On the surface, the new extra point rule reduces the element of surprise.
Ultimately, it could enhance it.
With the two-point conversion play starting at the two and the one-point try now nudged to the 15, a team can choose to fake the kick and attempt to take the ball to the end zone. And that would result in two points for the offense.
So why would anyone choose not to take a crack at two points from the two but try to score two points from placekick formation on a play starting at the 15? Well, because no one is going to expect that.
The question now becomes whether someone will actually do it. At some point during the upcoming 256 regular-season games and 11 postseason games, it’s hard to think no one will.
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I just don't see a team attempting a fake from the 15. If so, I would bet it very rarely happens.
That'd make as much sense if not more. Make it a reward/risk for running a conversion play.I'm with this as far as a kick ruining the balance.
If anything, I'd rather just a touchdown be worth 7 pts automatically and, if you choose to, a real play would be a 1 point addition or subtraction. Eliminate the kick entirely.
I don't think it's a huge deal, just am tired of seeing Goodell and the league constantly tinkering with something that isn't broke.It makes the kicker a little more relevant. But frankly, the EXPs are so automatic, you might as well just not have them at all.
Was I in a rush to get it changed? No, I am a traditionalist, but I get why.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_goal_rangeA field goal is normally 17 yards (7 yards in Canadian football) longer than the distance of the line of scrimmage to the goal line, as it includes the end zone (10 yards) and 7 yards in which the holder stands behind.
No one of the guys on the radio the other day mentioned that it's 8 yards now.
When did they start placing the ball 8 yards back? Did it not used to be 7? Or is Spags full of shit?
When did that change? It's always been 7.No one of the guys on the radio the other day mentioned that it's 8 yards now.
No idea.When did that change? It's always been 7.