NFL owners on Tuesday approved several new rules, one of which will force teams to line up on the 15-yard line for point after tries. This means PATs will now be kicked from 33 yards out rather than 20.
Such a change may not be groundbreaking, but it is a change nonetheless. Extra point success rates are annually higher than 99 percent; in the previous two years, field goals from 30-35 yards out were made 97.6 percent of the time when booted from the center of the gridiron.
True, that’s not a huge drop, but given the frequency in which PATs are kicked, pushing them back could make a noticeable difference.