For the love of God, please end the PAT

[Green Jets & Ham]

And I'm not only saying this because our kickers stink. Any kicker, even the best of them, is capable of shanking one off a botched snap or whatever.

IMO it's a crime to lose a game on such a non football play in any real sense. Maybe it had it's place in 1920, but now it's antiquated and needs to go.

A TD should be an automatic 7.

Then you should have the option to stick with the 7 or run a play and go for 8, but if you fail then a point is subtracted and you wind up with 6.

 

[BlindsideD'Brick]

Since they moved it back, kickers have been predictably missing more. Yeah, I think I’m with you. I like the 6/7/8 proposal, too. Makes the game far more interesting than watching your scrub kicker miss multiple PAT’s in a game. I’m all for reducing the impact of a kicker screwing your team.

 

[TebowCan'tThrow]

Do they take kickoffs and punts out of the game too?

 

[BlindsideD'Brick]

Kickoffs should’ve been eliminated years ago. Pointless high speed head-on collisions. Let every team start at their own 20. Done.

Punt returns are somewhat unavoidable. But the rate at which guys fair catch the ball reduces the injuries.

 

[Jet Fan RI]

So with PAT's and kickoffs eliminated, what exactly makes it "foot"ball? The punt?

 

[magicjohnson]

My vote is to keep it the way it is. How is the point after a "non football" play?? Special team plays are as football as any other plays performed on the field. Sure, PAT's are boring, but I like the strategy of having the option of going for 2 when needed.

 

[Jet Fan RI]

My vote is to keep it the way it is. How is the point after a "non football" play?? Special team plays are as football as any other plays performed on the field. Sure, PAT's are boring, but I like the strategy of having the option of going for 2 when needed.

I agree. I imagine the PAT was included in the design of the game to introduce something that would allow a tie to be avoided in a game between 2 teams that are otherwise evenly matched and who wind up exchanging touchdowns. And keep in mind a missed extra point does not only happen due to a shanked kick. There is also the blocked kick. And in today's rules, the blocking team can return the ball. And score.