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How New NFL Rules Could Impact Eagles

It's a slow news days around the NovaCare Complex so instead of the micro picture of the Philadelphia Eagles, let's expand the vision and discuss how the NFL's nine new rule alterations for 2016 could impact this football team.

The rules, voted into place last week at the NFL Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, range from having virtually no impact to potentially changing the course of a game. Let's do the dive with the new rules list ...

  • Permanently moves the line of scrimmage for Try kicks (PAT) to the defensive team's 15-yard line, and allows the defense to return any missed Try (PAT).