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[Chip Douglass]

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Tony Romo's bobbled snap was not on an extra point attempt.

Technically, teams don't have to kick an extra point. They can go for two, and assuming they're huge underdogs, should go for two more often. Underrated strategy IMO.

Still, the extra point is like the appendix of football: completely unnecessary and a remnant of a bygone era.

[areobee401]

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My mistake. Thought the Romo bobble was an extra point for some reason. Either way leave it alone. More important issues than extra point attempts.

[Steven78]

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"The extra point is almost automatic," Goodell told NFL Network. "I believe we had five missed extra points this year out of 1,200 some odd [attempts]. So it's a very small fraction of the play, and you want to add excitement with every play."

Goodell is so full of ****. You want to add excitement Roger? How about cutting down on the ridiculous amount of commercial breaks taken at every opportunity?

How about stop messing with the core aspects of football?! Changing rules and penalties every single offseason so nobody actually knows what is what anymore? The actual product has been fine, no one is clamoring for the extra point to be eliminated.

Of all the things that might need fixing this is not one of them. How about focusing on better officiating?

[Bellsprout]

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It's adorable how much people fear change.

There's no reason to kick an extra point anymore. None. Get rid of it and make TDs worth 7.

[kaletore11]

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Goodell is so full of ****. You want to add excitement Roger? How about cutting down on the ridiculous amount of commercial breaks taken at every opportunity?

Yea, because Goodell is all about making less money for the league. That ain't gonna happen.

[wco81]

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Maybe the XP thing is a diversion from more needed rules changes, like the way replays are done, what kind of plays can be reviewed and what kind of plays can't be reviewed.

Have the public waste energy about XPs and avoid the discussion of more controversial rules topics.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Is it fearing change(which is a ridiculous copout BTW) or is that the XP isn't as much of a problem/issue compared to the other issues that we constantly bitch about every year? Because there is a difference.

Why does it NEED to be removed?

[Bellsprout]

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Is it fearing change(which is a ridiculous copout BTW) or is that the XP isn't as much of a problem/issue compared to the other issues that we constantly bitch about every year? Because there is a difference.

Why does it NEED to be removed?

Why does it NEED to exist? It's an unnecessary waste of everybody's time, even if it is only a minute. Football has outgrown it, it's not necessary anymore, it's time to cut it.

And I'm not getting the whole "Well they should focus on other things!" argument. It's January. They have 7 and a half months between now and the regular season to change plenty of the stuff that needs fixing.

[Steven78]

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Well then just get rid of kneel downs too. Uneventful for 99% of the time.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Again, if they want to come up with ways to make it more difficult than it is, I'm all for it. Make teams "earn" that point(which history has shown can make a difference, especially in how coaches could call a game after that)like they do for TDs and FGs.

But the whole "Wahhh it takes too much time, coaches could use that extra 30 seconds to come up with another play", yeah I'm not buying that one.

Might as well use an accelerated clock near the end of games when a team is losing and cannot stop the clock or has any chance of getting the back. Now wasting more time than an XP.

[kaletore11]

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Well then just get rid of kneel downs too. Uneventful for 99% of the time.

What would you replace them with?

You can't just run 2 minutes off the clock.

[LowerWolf]

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I think it would be interesting to have a rule that in the final two minutes a loss of yardage stops the clock.

So a team trying to run out the clock would have to make an effort to move the ball forward. A team trailing could just take a knee instead of spiking the ball to stop the clock.

[kehlis]

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What would you replace them with?

You can't just run 2 minutes off the clock.

If you can just eliminate extra points you can just as easily eliminate kneel downs.

The success rate of kneel downs is 100%. You can't even say that about extra points.

[Bmore Irish]

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If you can just eliminate extra points you can just as easily eliminate kneel downs.

The success rate of kneel downs is 100%. You can't even say that about extra points.

There was at least one failed kneel attempt in college, just ask Wisconsin.

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[ProfessaPackMan]

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I think it would be interesting to have a rule that in the final two minutes a loss of yardage stops the clock.



So a team trying to run out the clock would have to make an effort to move the ball forward. A team trailing could just take a knee instead of spiking the ball to stop the clock.

I'm not sure that would work.

Let's say the Packers are leading the Niners 20-17, there's 1:00 left in the game, it's 1st down, GB has the ball and SF has no TOs left meaning there's no real chance for SF to get the ball back. Why should I have to run an actual play and get positive yards just to run the clock out?