The NFL has, in the past, made moves to cut the time of games because they aim for a 3 hour window.
Yes, they want the 3 hour window, it’s proven to be good for sports, long enough to have enough commercials for the network to pay their bills, short enough to hold the audience for the whole game. There’s nothing wrong with that. And it doesn’t change the fact that PATs are boring and pointlessly automatic in their success. If dropping them helps them hit the 3 hour window better then that’s another good reason to get rid of the most boring play in sports.