--- description: Last season, kickers missed just 5 of 1,267 extra-point attempts. title: NFL Might Make Extra-Point Attempt Longer in Football Preseason image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc93ebd4307e05f2/698683d1e53aba82ee4d149a/nfl-extra-point-morten-andersen-kicks.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Football](/tag/football/) ## Football Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Report: NFL Considers Longer Extra-Point Kick by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2014 1:42 PM CUT  Atlanta Falcons' Matt Schaub holds the ball as Morten Andersen kicks an extra point against the Dallas Cowboys during an NFL game in Atlanta on Dec. 16, 2006 Atlanta Falcons' Matt Schaub holds the ball as Morten Andersen kicks an extra point against the Dallas Cowboys during an NFL game in Atlanta on Dec. 16, 2006Rob Carr—AP by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2014 1:42 PM CUT Members of the NFL Competition Committee are reportedly considering a [significantly longer distance for extra-point kicks](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000330411/article/nfl-might-experiment-with-making-extrapoint-attempts-longer "undefined") to spice up the game. With 99.6 percent of kick attempts ending in success—kickers only missed five of 1,267 attempts last season—when the ball is spotted at the 2-yeard line, committee members are in talks to extend the ball placement to as far as the 25-yard line, NFL.com reports. That would make extra points the equivalent of 42-yard field goals. Nothing is set in stone. A committee member told [NFL.com](http://NFL.com "undefined") that “We could experiment in preseason, but we are not there yet.” \[[_NFL.com_](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000330411/article/nfl-might-experiment-with-making-extrapoint-attempts-longer "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/12177/nfl-extra-point-kick-after-attempt-longer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/12177/nfl-extra-point-kick-after-attempt-longer/"},"headline":"Report: NFL Considers Longer Extra-Point Kick","datePublished":"2014-03-04T13:42:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:33:47.173Z","description":"Last season, kickers missed just 5 of 1,267 extra-point attempts.","url":"https://time.com/12177/nfl-extra-point-kick-after-attempt-longer/","keywords":["Football","NFL"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc93ebd4307e05f2/698683d1e53aba82ee4d149a/nfl-extra-point-morten-andersen-kicks.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc93ebd4307e05f2/698683d1e53aba82ee4d149a/nfl-extra-point-morten-andersen-kicks.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morten Andersen, Matt Schaub","caption":"Morten Andersen, Matt Schaub","creditText":"Rob Carr—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/12177/nfl-extra-point-kick-after-attempt-longer/","name":"Report: NFL Considers Longer Extra-Point Kick"}}]}] ```