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Originally Posted by fredr123
What if you moved back 10-15 yards or something? Make it a somewhat-challenging 30+ yard kick for that extra point but still have the option of going for a two point conversion from wherever you scrimmage from in the current rules.
(I think I'm just copying something Easterbrok wrote a few months ago)
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You have to line up at the same place for either kind of conversion to leave fake plays as an option, IMO.
I don't know why you don't see that more often, teams lining up for one, but running a fake to score two, especially in the NFL, where you are only 2 yards away. You should be able to score a high percentage of the time on a well executed fake from two yards away.
I wouldn't change the single point rule. Sometimes you get rewarded for missing a kick, but it also opens it up for a lot more weird, creative plays. For example, last play of a tie game, you are not in field goal range, you could have a guy catch a pass, then punt it into the end zone, where the other team will have to recover the ball and bring it out before your team gets there to either recover the ball for a touchdown, or tackle the other team for a single.
The single point makes the game more like its Rugby roots, and I think that's a good idea.
Plus, you get to see which teams are well coached in that they don't give up single points when they don't have to. A couple of times this last season, a team gave up a single point near the end of the half, took the ball on the 35, and knelt down to end the half. REALLY bad coaching that is.