BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Perhaps encouraged by the success of the one-year trial on moving back extra points that became a permanent change, NFL owners approved two key changes for a one-season trial in 2016: moving touchbacks on free kicks from the 20- to the 25-yard-line and mandating an ejection for any player called for two unsportsmanlike-conduct fouls that include throwing punches or kicking an opponent, using abusive or insulting language or gestures, or taunting.
That's where the seven takeaways from the press conference to wrap up the NFL Annual Meeting begin:
1. More one-year experiments:
First, the touchback rule, which is being instituted in the name of safety.