(Getty Images)Two-point conversions could become the barometer in the NFL.The NFL owners affairs area teams will altercate and vote on proposed aphorism changes are this week.
While the focus will be on accepted capacity such as epitomize cheap new era hats challenges, catches, and the amount of overtime possessions, there is one abeyant aphorism change accepting abutment that would about annihilate one of the a lot of basal concepts of football, the 7-point touchdown.
Of course, a touchdown in football is in fact account six points. However, the point-after-try is so automated (99.3% success amount in 2014) that a touchdown is basically account seven credibility except for the attenuate occurrences if coaches attack a 2-point conversion.
The proposed aphorism change, which is accepting abutment according to Sal Paolantonio of ESPN, would move the 2-point about-face from the 2-yard band to the 1-yard line.
While discussing the proposed change on ESPN, Paolantonio speculated that the acknowledged about-face of 2-point tries would access from 47.5% in 2014 to 60-65% by affective the extra-point attack afterpiece to the end zone. If true, teams would, on average, add 12-13 credibility for every ten touchdowns compared to just ten credibility if they bang the 1-point try afterwards every touchdown.
Former NFL arch drillmaster Herm Edwards predicted cheap hats that if the change is made, 95% of the arch coaches will go for the 2-point conversion, acquainted there is no downside to it.
Presumably, teams would alone bang an added point at the end of amateur if alone a individual point is bare or if the aftereffect of the bold is no best in doubt. In added words, 7-point touchdowns would become attenuate and would instead be account either six or eight credibility far added often.
Last season, the NFL experimented with affective the extra-point to the 15-yard band to accomplish the bliss beneath automated while the 2-point attempts backward at the 2-yard line. This change is aswell still getting considered.
ESPN analyst John Clayton said any change is absurd to cheap snapbacks hats fabricated in time for the 2015 season, but acclaimed that there is a bigger groundswell for affective the added point to the 1-yard band and added teams wish to accomplish this change. Clayton added that this angle could be activated in the preseason.