NFL players react to the league's extra point rule changes

NFL players reacted to the league's owners voting to change the extra point rule.

NFL owners voted Tuesday to change the league's extra point rule, pushing extra point attempts back to the 15-yard line. 

The change creates a 33-yard extra point attempt. Additionally, the defense will have the opportunity to return a blocked kick for two points. Two-point conversion attempts will still be from the 2-yard-line, as extra point kicks had been previously.

Several players reacted to the move on Twitter, with mixed results. 

Free-agent place kicker Jay Feely, who expressed his disapproval of the change on Tuesday due to safety concerns, wrote a piece for The MMQB in August 2014 about his feelings on the then-potential change.

Ravens kicker Justin Tuckertold the team's website that moving the attempt back makes "every kicker's job a little bit harder."

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My job doesn’t change w/the new PAT rule so it doesn’t bother me… but what happens when Ks start making these at 97-99%? Move on back again?

— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) May 19, 2015

Should have changed the extra point to a 50 yard field goal. That would have been more interesting 😎.

— Graham Gano (@GrahamGano) May 19, 2015

I thought NFL was concerned about player safety? Those 60 plays will be much more dangerous for OLine now. https://t.co/IEQfEA3CXQ

— Jay Feely (@jayfeely) May 19, 2015

What did the NFL really accomplish? It's still nearly automatic (90%vs 99%) but greater risk of injury to Oline https://t.co/PgEpxEE3CT

— Jay Feely (@jayfeely) May 19, 2015

60-80 extra points per team that the defense didn't rush hard but now they will bring it. There will be injuries https://t.co/yNqVr9Ktpx

— Jay Feely (@jayfeely) May 19, 2015

I was thinking the same thing @jayfeely

— Graham Gano (@GrahamGano) May 19, 2015

Omg a rule that the defense can benefit from thank you Lord #NFL https://t.co/T1aS1dkX9u

— Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) May 19, 2015

33 yards it is. #ExtraEXTRAPoint

— Blair Walsh (@BlairWalsh3) May 19, 2015

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