Kickers have gotten really good in recent years. Really good. They've got good range, but particularly good accuracy.
So here's what I think the NFL should do.
That space between the uprights? They should put three or four more uprights in between them. They'll do nothing but be obstacles for the kicker. He still get three points (or 1 point) for putting it between the regular uprights, but if it caroms off of one of the inside uprights, that's just tough luck.
It'll make field goals less certain, thus promoting more fourth down attempts, which is entertaining. And having more doinking field goal attempts will give us more exciting kick returns off the bounce.
Eliminate kickers altogether.
Extra points are made by randomly picking a fan from the stadium, scoring team Fan of course, to make the kick or try for 3 point extra by running the ball or passing.
Said fan also gets base salary of 10K [Reply]