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Scoring: Re-evaluate PAT Missed (-3 points) #5

Closed fffrontoffice closed 8 years ago

fffrontoffice commented 8 years ago

Now that the PAT is 30 yards out, let's look at the penalty for missing it and see if it should be changed.

https://github.com/fffrontoffice/rules/blob/master/league/scoring.md

fffrontoffice commented 8 years ago

More ammo for this argument:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000616888/article/kickers-missed-most-extra-points-since-1977 http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000530584/article/extra-point-misses-up-significantly-after-rule-change

"According to The MMQB, NFL placekickers missed 71 PATs this season, compared to 37 of their last 6,153 kicks between 2010 and 2014. Per NFL research, the 71 missed PATs this season was the highest number of missed extra points in a year since 1977 (72) and the lowest conversion percentage since 1982."