The owners on Tuesday approved the competition committee's proposal to snap the ball from the 15-yard line on PATs to make them more challenging. In recent seasons, kickers made more than 99 percent of the kicks with the ball snapped from the 2.
"There
was strong sentiment coming out of our meetings in March that something
had to be done with our extra point," said Texans general manager Rick Smith,
a member of the competition committee that proposed this specific rule
change. "From a kicking perspective the try was over 99 percent
(successful), so we tried to add skill to the play.
The accepted proposal places the 2-point conversion at the 2, and allows the defense to return a turnover to the other end zone for the two points, similar to the college rule. The defense can also score two points by returning a botched kick.
The change was approved only for 2015, then will be reviewed. But Smith predicts it will become permanent.
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