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Originally Posted by rubecube
Sorry, but I don't see how a FG that goes wide and out of the endzone, resulting in a point is somehow tactically brilliant.
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The theory should be that you're giving up a point in exchange for better field position. In the CFL, you take a knee on a missed FG or a punt that goes to the endzone, you give your opponent a point in exchange for not starting much deeper in your own territory. In the NFL, with a touchback, you get 20 yards for free. Where's the strategy and gamesman ship in that?
I think this is part of where the single point rule can be tweaked. If a ball goes flying out of the endzone on a FG or punt, it should be no point - that I agree with.
Fun fact: taking a knee, or a ball going OB on a kick is called a single point. If a player returning a ball out of the endzone is tackled, that's a rouge.