Not sure why people are so up in arms about this. I love seeing super long field goal attempts. Instead of thinking of FGs as a consolation prize, teams with strong kickers should be looking at them as a threat.
Now the new landing zone for kickoffs seems to have mostly failed to generate more returns. Perhaps we should look at moving up the touchback starting field position even further, say to the 35 yard line. Combine that a long range kicker and we could see a potent offence generate scoring threats on very few total yards. This makes every single play carry more significance in a drive.