NFL tries smaller posts, longer PATs

[Elias]

Why!?! If it isn't broken, why change it? I disagree with any ideas that they have regarding the PATs. This sport should be about the athletes busting their asses on the field not about the kickers. Losing a game because a kicker misses an extra point is going to make me sick.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12201016/nfl-try-narrower-goal-posts-longer-kicks-pats-2015-pro-bowl

PHOENIX -- The NFL will have narrower uprights and longer kicks for extra-point tries at the Pro Bowl.

The NFL has discussed changes in extra points to make the kicks more difficult and experimented with longer tries during the preseason.

For Sunday's Pro Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium, the uprights will be narrowed from 18.6 to 14 feet on extra-point tries. The kick also will be moved back from the 2 to the 15, making it essentially a 33½-yard field goal.

NFL kickers made 99.6 percent of their PAT tries in 2013 and 99.3 this season.

NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent made the announcement during a Pro Bowl news conference on Tuesday

 

[sg3]

Hopefully, NYJF is looking at bigger posts and more posters with relatively few PAT trolls as we continue growing and succeeding

 

[ucrenegade]

Yeah I disagree with this also. I wouldn't touch the field goal post width but I would move the XP back to the 5 yard line.

Well if anything this means another Ace Ventura movie

 

[jetgreen13]

who asked for these kind of rule changes? ?

the fanbase?? no..

the HC's?? hell no!!

sports books?? that's a reach but apparently this is about something for someone..

 

[Elias]

Didn't watch the game but I hear that Vinateri struggled with these new posts missing two PATs and a chip shot.

 

[Xmarco]

I would like the posts smaller

 

[Jet Fan RI]

Why!?! If it isn't broken, why change it? I disagree with any ideas that they have regarding the PATs. This sport should be about the athletes busting their asses on the field not about the kickers. Losing a game because a kicker misses an extra point is going to make me sick.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12201016/nfl-try-narrower-goal-posts-longer-kicks-pats-2015-pro-bowl

PHOENIX -- The NFL will have narrower uprights and longer kicks for extra-point tries at the Pro Bowl.

The NFL has discussed changes in extra points to make the kicks more difficult and experimented with longer tries during the preseason.

For Sunday's Pro Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium, the uprights will be narrowed from 18.6 to 14 feet on extra-point tries. The kick also will be moved back from the 2 to the 15, making it essentially a 33½-yard field goal.

NFL kickers made 99.6 percent of their PAT tries in 2013 and 99.3 this season.

NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent made the announcement during a Pro Bowl news conference on Tuesday

Do you enjoy the extra point play? I think the NFL is experimenting with ways to make it more exciting. I am in favor of the experiment.

 

[sg3]

Didn't watch

Didn't watch the equally hideous NHL all star (except goalies) game either

1. Did the team with SRich and Mangold "win"?

2. Did the team with Nash win?

3. Did the NFL score more points than the NHL?