I'm waiting on someone to do a fake PAT. People always talk about how it's sometimes harder to run plays from the 3 yard line because you have no room. If you back up a bit then maybe you can fade a TE or something. It should catch them off guard too.
I laughed when I saw New Orleans failed the 2 pt and then had their XP blocked the next time.
I don't understand Pittsburgh going for it and making it twice, and then stopping.
If you're going to play the odds and go for two, then you need to do it every single time, unless there is some mitigating reason. . . I.E. tied with the TD, and only need 1 point to take the lead, etc.
Sure. But if you have a positive EV, under normal circumstances you go for it. If you don't, you reduce your positive EV every time you don't.
Certainly there are times where it will make sense mathematically to go for one, especially as the game nears the end. It's an over-statement to say "go for 2 every time", but for the most part, it's the way to go, if you are more than 50% likely to score the 2.
The interesting thing I've noticed since they moved the xp kicks back is that now they allow the kickers to setup anywhere between the hash marks they want. When they were setup from the 2, they always kicked dead center of the field. Now you can setup dead center or either hash. I guess that's good if you have a kicker that knows he fades or hooks his kicks and if there's a strong wind.
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” -Winston Churchill
That puzzled me as well. And what puzzled me even more is that they KEPT going for extra points even after he missed the one.
My only thought is that they have certain plays saved up for their conversions that they don't want other teams to see, and they didn't want to waste them all in a blowout game. Once that game felt pretty secure, they probably just kept their other 2-point plays in their back pocket as to not give other teams film on them.
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