Rule Change: INT and PD
Rules committee has finally been pushed on this issue.
INTs have been dropped in value from 6 pts each to 5 4 pts each.
and
PDs have increased from 2 pts each to 3 pts each.
To a large degree this was done to counter the loss of points to defenses and DBs in particular with INTs going down. The INT drop reduced total defensive scoring by 1/2 pt per game on average. The PD increase more then compensates for that. Overall, this change should increase defensive pts by 1 1.5 per team per game. This should not be too damaging to over-all balance since offense gained a bump last season due to the yardage bonus scheme.
It may also make DBs that aren't tackling machines more consistent by shifting more of their points to the more common PD from the less frequent INT.
INTs have been dropped in value from 6 pts each to 5 4 pts each.
and
PDs have increased from 2 pts each to 3 pts each.
To a large degree this was done to counter the loss of points to defenses and DBs in particular with INTs going down. The INT drop reduced total defensive scoring by 1/2 pt per game on average. The PD increase more then compensates for that. Overall, this change should increase defensive pts by 1 1.5 per team per game. This should not be too damaging to over-all balance since offense gained a bump last season due to the yardage bonus scheme.
It may also make DBs that aren't tackling machines more consistent by shifting more of their points to the more common PD from the less frequent INT.
Labels: 2008 Rules
3 Comments:
Int's are still worth 8 points... :-)
Rednecks were correct. I honestly got so wrapped up in side-issues when looking at our various options for combinations of INT and PD pts I forgot that the main reason people (John) wanted us to address this was the over-all value of an INT.
Great...NOW what I am complain about?
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