ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The NFL has decided to make changes for the upcoming 2015 season, but with options to make waves that would include moving two-point conversions to the 1-yard line, the league opted to avoid jumping in the deep end.
Ultimately, they went with just a couple changes, voting to move extra point kicks back to the 15-yard line and to allow the defense to score if they were to return an interception, fumble or blocked kick to the end zone. Two-point conversion attempts will stay at the 2-yard line.
"I think for the membership, they wanted to dip their toes into the water on this, so to speak, and not go full bore at the [1-yard line], really increase the chances of teams going for two," Broncos President and CEO Joe Ellis said over the phone on Tuesday.