NFL eliminates PATs after a team wins on the final play

The NFL adopted another rule change on Wednesday at the NFL League Meetings, and while it may not have been specifically proposed by the Minnesota Vikings, something that they were involved in may have had something to do with it.

The league has decided that if a team wins with a touchdown on the final play of regulation, they will no longer be required to attempt the conversion afterwards.

The impetus for this may have been the Minneapolis Miracle, when Case Keenum found Stefon Diggs for a 61-yard touchdown pass on the final play of regulation that gave the Vikings a 29-24 victory over the New Orleans Saints in this year’s Divisional Playoffs. While the Vikings had taken the lead and the…