I agree. The new rules are dum.
It's been in place for a full season now. Any thoughts? I guess it isn't terrible. It just seems dumb to be able to choose where you want to spot the ball.
Also, like Dan Lebetard has said, this makes kickers more important. They should be the least important players on the field. Less importance on kickers! Not more!
I haven't liked any of the proposals put forth so far.
If it were up to me, I'd make a rule against place kicking the ball from within the 20 yard line. That would increase the difficulty on XPs. (Longer kick + longer snap), but also make red zone offense much more interesting... Do you want to got for it on 4th and goal from the one, or snap the ball 19 yards and kick what would be a 30 yard FG?