NFL To Begin Study Of Narrowing The Uprights

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Now that the Baltimore Ravens have signed their clinch kicker through 2020, Justin Tucker and kickers around the league will be part of the NFL study to determine whether the uprights should be narrowed.

One of those studies will include the placing of microchips inside kicking balls so that the NFL can study, among other things, how far inside the uprights all successful field goals and extra points are kicked.

The plan is to use these balls during preseason, but if the study goes well, it could continue into the regular season. If all goes as planned, the uprights could be narrowed as soon as the 2017 season.

If the NFL does narrow the uprights, that will undoubtedly affect the conversion rate of not only field goal attempts, but extra points.