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It's all fun and games until one of their players gets injured going for two points.
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Roethlisberger says Steelers will keep going for two
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 24, 2015
AP
The Steelers went for two after their first two touchdowns to jump out to a 16-3 lead on Sunday, an unheard of approach in an NFL where coaches only go for two when they need the points late in games. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisbergersays they won’t change that approach.
“Oh, we’re going to keep doing it,” Roethlisberger said, via ESPN. “We don’t practice it this much to not do it. We practice it every single day. . . . I tried to tell you guys early on that we would do it, and I think you guys kind of didn’t quite believe it. But it’s something we feel comfortable with.”
The Steelers’ approach is smart: They’re 3-for-3 on two-point conversions while kicker Josh Scobee is 4-for-5 on one-point kicks. As long as they’re averaging 2.0 points per two-point conversion attempt and 0.8 points per one-point kick attempt, they’d be foolish not to keep going for two early in games.
The big question is why the Steelers are the only team going for two early in games. Every team should at least be thinking about going for two as the default approach after a touchdown, and for a team with a good goal line offense and/or a shaky kicker, going for two is the clearly superior choice. The Steelers should keep going for two, and other teams should follow suit.
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Until they go 1 for their next 5 and maybe lose a close game because they left points on the table.
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To quote Madden, “the team who scores the most points today is gonna win this game!”
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Ridiculously small sample size for calling the steelers ‘smart’. Fact is the average 2 pt conversion rate historically is below 50% so the right conservative play is still to kick as long as kickers keep making upwards of 95% of their PATs. We’ll see how aggressive the steelers are when they start getting stopped.
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They won’t get them all. The one they won’t get will be in an AFCN slugfest and they’ll lose by one point. Then let’s see if everyone is ok with “on average” it’s better.
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I think that is the Eagles plan, when they eventually find the end zone.
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It only really makes sense if you have a piss-poor kicker. Even now, the XP should be near automatic. If you miss one or two conversions, there are so few TDs scored in a game that by the end of it, just those missed could be the difference between needing a FG or TD at the end. Or of a win vs. overtime, etc. Over the course of a year, it might look like it made statistical sense to go for it if you convert over 50% but you have to go game by game since it is about getting wins.
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other teams haven’t followed suit because unlike the Steelers some “other teams” have actually played teams with a defense.
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Roethlisberger says Steelers will keep going for two
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 24, 2015
The Steelers went for two after their first two touchdowns to jump out to a 16-3 lead on Sunday, an unheard of approach in an NFL where coaches only go for two when they need the points late in games. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisbergersays they won’t change that approach.
“Oh, we’re going to keep doing it,” Roethlisberger said, via ESPN. “We don’t practice it this much to not do it. We practice it every single day. . . . I tried to tell you guys early on that we would do it, and I think you guys kind of didn’t quite believe it. But it’s something we feel comfortable with.”
The Steelers’ approach is smart: They’re 3-for-3 on two-point conversions while kicker Josh Scobee is 4-for-5 on one-point kicks. As long as they’re averaging 2.0 points per two-point conversion attempt and 0.8 points per one-point kick attempt, they’d be foolish not to keep going for two early in games.
The big question is why the Steelers are the only team going for two early in games. Every team should at least be thinking about going for two as the default approach after a touchdown, and for a team with a good goal line offense and/or a shaky kicker, going for two is the clearly superior choice. The Steelers should keep going for two, and other teams should follow suit.
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Until they go 1 for their next 5 and maybe lose a close game because they left points on the table.
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To quote Madden, “the team who scores the most points today is gonna win this game!”
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Ridiculously small sample size for calling the steelers ‘smart’. Fact is the average 2 pt conversion rate historically is below 50% so the right conservative play is still to kick as long as kickers keep making upwards of 95% of their PATs. We’ll see how aggressive the steelers are when they start getting stopped.
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They won’t get them all. The one they won’t get will be in an AFCN slugfest and they’ll lose by one point. Then let’s see if everyone is ok with “on average” it’s better.
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I think that is the Eagles plan, when they eventually find the end zone.
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It only really makes sense if you have a piss-poor kicker. Even now, the XP should be near automatic. If you miss one or two conversions, there are so few TDs scored in a game that by the end of it, just those missed could be the difference between needing a FG or TD at the end. Or of a win vs. overtime, etc. Over the course of a year, it might look like it made statistical sense to go for it if you convert over 50% but you have to go game by game since it is about getting wins.
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other teams haven’t followed suit because unlike the Steelers some “other teams” have actually played teams with a defense.
