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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
So all the games that have been decided by a last second field goal should be erased cuz a guy in a clean jersey came in and kicked it? Wtf?!?!?!
Let the kickers earn there money on the extra points. Why should any play other than the victory snap be a gimme? Especially when it puts even one point on the board?
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I was talking about extra points, not field goals. Extra points would not even exist if I had my way. For the record, I'm not too crazy about FG's either but I can see some justification for having them as part of the game.
The rationale for the extra point is weak, as illustrated below:
TD - You get 6 points for putting the ball in the end zone.
FG - You get a chance to score 3 points because you have gained good enough field position to try for it.
Safety - You get 2 points and the ball because you forced the other team back into it's own end zone.
Extra Point - You get to try for one or two points because...well, because you just got six points.
It makes no sense to me that one touchdown should, in effect, be worth less than another touchdown because of a failed extra point attempt. That is especially so because teams only get to try for extra points when they score touchdowns. The extra point itself has no standalone value in the NFL's scoring system. That's because the extra point itself doesn't represent any team accomplishment meaningful enough to be worth a point on its own. So why should a practically meaningless extra point determine a game?