NFL Rules Question About PAT.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by WhistleMeister

(1)(a or b) - the result of the try is a touchdown and scores 2 points

(2) - the result of the try is a field goal by the offense, one point is awarded

NFL Rule 11-3-2 Results of a try

#2 I understand, but not #1. NFL adopted a rule that ostensibly limits a team to 1 point if a certain spot is chosen for the try, but 2 points are allowed? Is it some kind of "good faith" exception, such that trying for 1 point is all that's required to achieve either 1 or 2 points?

[jTheUmp]

Remember, on play 1, they're snapping from the 15 instead of the 2. So if a team wants to attempt a 2-point try from the 15 yard line rather than from the 2 yard line, why not give them the same amount of points for the more difficult conversion?

[bwburke94]

For #2, though this isn't directly in the rulebook, it has been made clear that a drop kick from the spot of a 2-point attempt is an unsuccessful try, even if kicked from behind what the LOS would be for a 1-point attempt.

[Altor]

Originally Posted by bwburke94

For #2, though this isn't directly in the rulebook, it has been made clear that a drop kick from the spot of a 2-point attempt is an unsuccessful try, even if kicked from behind what the LOS would be for a 1-point attempt.

That's what I was thinking, but I couldn't remember how it was officially worded. I thought it was something like "A successful FG on a try that is snapped from the 2 is worth 0 points."

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Remember, on play 1, they're snapping from the 15 instead of the 2. So if a team wants to attempt a 2-point try from the 15 yard line rather than from the 2 yard line, why not give them the same amount of points for the more difficult conversion?

Of course, that's conceptually the easy case. Case #2 is the head scratcher. That's why, without having the rule in front of me, I'd've guessed bwburke94 & Altor to have been correct.

Darn, looks like I had them reversed in my previous post!