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[vikingfan]

I guarantee if you look at any box score drive chart, it will be 18 yards.

When i searched for FG rules this is what I found...

The kick is generally seven yards behind the line of scrimmage and the uprights are 10 yards behind the goal line, so add 17 yards to the line of scrimmage to come up with distance.

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[Onyxgem]

I guarantee if you look at any box score drive chart, it will be 18 yards.

When i searched for FG rules this is what I found...

The kick is generally seven yards behind the line of scrimmage and the uprights are 10 yards behind the goal line, so add 17 yards to the line of scrimmage to come up with distance.

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But that is not what the rules say

[tino38]

I have not seen any rules where it is 18 yards rather than 17. I've only seen 17. If teams choose to use the extra yard for their purposes then it does not apply to our site. I just haven't seen anything backing the 18 yards added.

[vikingfan]

Its not a rule, it says "generally" in describing the process and formation of a FG, not right I might add. High school is the only fb that has a rule for yards behind center to take a snap to be considered in kick formation. All I am saying is the fact is, teams do 8 yards. For years, teams did 7, just happens to be 8 now. If we decide 7, thats fine but we try to mimic NFL, so we should do this one as well.

I have not seen any rules where it is 18 yards rather than 17. I've only seen 17. If teams choose to use the extra yard for their purposes then it does not apply to our site. I just haven't seen anything backing the 18 yards added.

[vikingfan]

Look at previous post, I gave you verbatim the drive chart in the SB for Baltimore. I am amazed no one has noticed this. Its been like this for 5-7 years if not more.

I have not seen any rules where it is 18 yards rather than 17. I've only seen 17. If teams choose to use the extra yard for their purposes then it does not apply to our site. I just haven't seen anything backing the 18 yards added.

[tino38]

1 kick cannot be the decider. That's far to small a sample size. Need to look at the whole league throughout the decision for better sample size. If its what is used largely throughout the NFL then so be it, but if not then unecessary to change. Certain teams may choose to follow it and some may not. I don't know because I haven't noticed it until now.

[Ben C.]

It does seem like a lot of box scores are showing field goals calculated from 8 yards back, but there may be other factors at play. I found a number of places saying that the holder places the ball 7 or 8 yards back, and then I found this post on a forum. Supposedly the poster is a former place kicker, and the explanation makes sense. Basically long kicks are placed 8 yards back in order to give the ball plenty of clearance over the defensive line (because you have to kick lower in order to kick farther). Shorter kicks are still often placed 7 yards back.

Alternatively, it could be that teams have just been placing the ball 8 yards back for all field goals in order to make the snap-catch-place more uniform (and hence easier to master).