The NFL Owners voted 30-2 Tuesday at the owners’ meetings in San Francisco to approve a rule change regarding the extra point in 2015.
Prior to the change, the extra point was taken from the 2-yard line, but is now being pushed back to the 15-yard line in 2015.
Last year, two-point conversions were also taken from the 2-yard line, and will remain so going forward.
However, in accordance with the change, defenses can now return a two-point conversion attempt for two points themselves – something that wasn’t allowed in years past.
With the changes to the rule, PATs will go from approximately a 20-yard attempt to a 33-yard attempt going forward.