NFL 2013 Thread

No more '2 extra point" option ...
After the automatic 7 points, if you want an extra point, you have to make it the same way you used to for the old-style '2 extra points' (ie: running or throwing it in the endzone), so the kicking style will no longer be used for any TD points.

If you fail to score, you lose a point from the automatic 7...so you'll only get 6 points.

 

wow...so the 64 yard field goal by prater will forever be in the books

 

I think it is a terible idea because that is what I grew up with on tv. The 6 points and either a kick or 2 point conversion. Realistically, that's not how I played football. We didn't have a kicker. You were either running or throwing. I doubt this will pass. It is a nice attempt at modernizing the rules to what fans actually do in their football games.

 

No, independent field goals will stay..it's the extra point added to the TD at issue here.

 

Interesting take on it. Might be the reason you note.

My first impression is that the extra point is a huge waste of time.

 

interesting...so what is gained by this rule change? it seems that the rules need to be changed in the "challenge" arena...especially after what happened the the 49ers yesterday...

 

Don't forget the tweets when Joel Ward (Hockey player) scored the winning goal a few years ago for the Washington Capitals. You tweet shit like this, it will catch up with you. :smt062

 

Hmm...why would they change this of all things? I don't like it.

Change is bad. LOL.

 

Well, Denver is the Mile High City. Kickoff is at 4:20!

 

:smt043

 

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awwww lol

 

Anyone going to watch the Pro Bowl today?

 

yep!

 

NFLPA President: Roger Goodell came close to canceling Pro Bowl


By John Breech | CBSSports.com
January 26, 2014 10:41 am ET



There was almost no Pro Bowl in 2014.

In case you didn't notice, the NFL has added a few new wrinkles to the Pro Bowl this year. There's new uniforms, there's no kickoffs and instead of the AFC against the NFC, Sunday night's game will feature two teams that were selected in a scintillating Pro Bowl Draft that was held on Jan. 22.

However, those new wrinkles almost didn't happen because there almost wasn't a game, according to NFLPA president Domonique Foxworth. Foxworth said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell almost canceled the Pro Bowl.

"Roger was very serious about potentially canceling the Pro Bowl because apparently it's very expensive and isn't of a ton of value to them," Foxworth said this week, via USA Today. "To be honest with you, I was completely comfortable with eliminating it until I talked to the players, and they said they loved it and they want to be there."

Goodell talked about the possibility of eliminating the Pro Bowl two years ago after a 2012 game that seemed to have everything except for effort, "We're either going to have to improve the quality of what we're doing in the Pro Bowl or consider other changes or even considering eliminating the game if that's the kind of quality game we're going to provide," Goodell said in February 2012.

Instead of eliminating the game, the NFL decided to make drastic changes. Instead of kickoffs, teams will start at the 25-yard line and there will be a two-minute warning at the end of each quarter to give quarterbacks an opportunity to direct more two-minute drills.

One rule change the players aren't a fan of? The whole drafting thing. It's not specifically the draft they don't like, it's the possibility of having to hit their own teammates. For instance, Colts linebacker Robert Mathis might have to lay a hit on Colts quarterback Andrew Luck because the two players are on opposite teams.

"That's the only legitimate concern, and I completely understand it," Foxworth said. "I was faced with the possibility of canceling the game or trying to make it interesting. If some of these conflicts that we create make it so we can't go forward, then we'll throw the game out."

Basically, if the fans and players don't like the 2014 version of the Pro Bowl, there might not be a 2015 version. The Pro Bowl will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday on NBC.

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Who wouldn't love an all-expenses paid game/trip in HI for you and your family, @ the players 'love it'

 

:smt043

Exactly. I'm not complaining though...gives me one more game to enjoy

 

There are only two football games left until August.

I'll be watching and soaking it up to get me through the neverending season called baseball. LOL.

 

passed on the pro bowl and watched the grammy awards instead...the anticipation is killing me waiting for superbowl sunday...go broncos:smt023

 

You missed a good game.

I love the new format and I think it helped the players actually play this year. They really looked like they were playing like they normally do during the season (almost) (with only a few times when it looked like they were playing really soft).

I enjoyed the game immensely and hope it sticks around in this format. :smt023