Preseason week 2

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I get the point you are making. I think it lends itself to making the TD worth 7 in and of itself. I believe that the XP originated (if I am wrong, please let me know) as a chance to get one more point for getting in the endzone, and thus making one drive that ends in the endzone a bit more valuable then two drives ending in FG's. A secondary rationale was to make ties less likely.

Given your reasoning, I would think you would like the idea of a 7 point TD, with an option of risking 1 point for gaining another by having one play to either put it in the endzone or not. I say that thinking both offense and defense get an opportunity to make 1 point for their team, since the offense scored it gets to decide if it wants to take the risk. If the defense holds, the other team loses a point(in effect scoring a point for your team). I tend to like that option over pushing the XP back 15 to 20 yds.

I like that approach. Although since the NFL is toying around with longer XP attempts, maybe have the TDs worth 7, with the option of a 40 yard XP attempt to make 8 points. I still think kicking for the XP will entice teams to go for the extra point, where as running a play would only be used about as sparingly as going for two is now.