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Why Didn't The Dolphins Have To Kick The Pat After Their Walk-off Td??

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Can anyone tell me why the Dolphins did not have to kick the PAT after their walk-off TD today?

When Buffalo was down 24-20 at the Dolphins in 1989 and Jim Kelly won the game with a walk-off TD with no time on the clock, the officials forced the teams to return to the field and do the PAT play:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...89e-a33a-87797898b45e/?utm_term=.a8c35355ecc1

Buffalo won 27-24, not 26-24 because off kicking the meaningless PAT.
 
Rule was changed this off-season. If there is a score on the last play of the game and the scoring team has the lead, the extra point is waived.

I think it's a good rule change, as the play itself will have no outcome on the game, players are most likely already mobbing the field (if it was a comeback win) and it's just exposing guys to unnecessary injury risk.
 
In that situation, the team isn't going to kick the extra point anyway. They'd go for two and kneel.
 
It's an awesome rule change, because a walk off TD (especially like the one today) is such a huge statement. What a way to walk off the field....
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
Rule was changed this off-season. If there is a score on the last play of the game and the scoring team has the lead, the extra point is waived.

I think it's a good rule change, as the play itself will have no outcome on the game, players are most likely already mobbing the field (if it was a comeback win) and it's just exposing guys to unnecessary injury risk.
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Wait, Isn't it possible for the extra point to be blocked and the other team has the opportunity to return it for a score?
 
Brumdog45 said:
In that situation, the team isn't going to kick the extra point anyway. They'd go for two and kneel.
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That's their option but it doesn't mean they absolutely wouldn't attempt it.
 
ANUFan said:
That's their option but it doesn't mean they absolutely wouldn't attempt it.
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Given the situation you mentioned -- that a returned blocked EP is worth two points -- then there is absolutely no reason to kick it and every reason to go for two and kneel.
 
mileena said:
But why did Buffalo kick the PAT in 1989 then?
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That was the rule then. But no team is going to kick the extra point up one point with no time left on the clock if they have the option to kneel.
 
Brumdog45 said:
That was the rule then. But no team is going to kick the extra point up one point with no time left on the clock if they have the option to kneel.
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But Buffalo could have kneeled too but didn't. There is no rule that says you must kick instead of kneel.
 
Brumdog45 said:
But no team is going to kick the extra point up one point with no time left on the clock if they have the option to kneel.
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You’d think so. But until today, nobody would have thought Bill Belichick would put his TE in at safety for a last play situation that couldn’t realistically have involved a Hail Mary jump ball situation. But he did.
 
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