I guess this is the product of too much excellence in the specialized field of placekicking. Extra points in the NFL have become so automatic, the league actually considered just getting rid of them altogether. One idea on the table a year ago would have given teams the option of taking 7 points automatically on a touchdown, or taking 6 and going for 2 - so disgusted had the league become with the mere formality that was the easy 1-point kick of 9 or 10 yards.