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Farewell to the drop kick

During the final game of his football career, quarterback Doug Flutie converted a one-point PAT with a drop kick. We hadn’t seen it since 1941, we haven’t seen it since, and we likely won’t see it again.

Despite speculation in some circles that the new rules will allow a team that opts to go for two points from the two to kick a one-point drop kick, the league office informs PFT that one point can be earned via drop kick only by a snap from the 15.

Which means that we probably won’t be seeing a drop kick again. Not that we would have seen another drop kick under the prior rules anyway.