NFL’s New Extra-Point Rules a Good First Step, But There’s Still More to Be Done

May 20, 2015   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

Every point scored in a football game affects the outcome. Therefore, every point should be contested and should have some degree of difficulty. Anything automatic is useless in a sport that presents equal doses of mental and physical challenges.
Nothing should be assumed, and the home audience shouldn't be given a convenient break to step aside and replenish the living room’s supply of bacon-wrapped everything.
The extra-point attempt had long passed its expiration date. It was the league’s two-week old deli meat shoved to the back of the fridge. A successfully booted ball from the two-yard line after a touchdown was such a formality that kickers missed only five of 1,267 extra-point attempts in 2013.
That translated to a conversion rate of 99.6 percent (an all-time single-season high), and more near flawlessness followed in 2014 with a 99.3 percent success rate. NFL kickers have reached the 99-percent plateau in each of the past five seasons, and there hasn...

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