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Old 09-21-2020, 01:49 PM   #270
Senator Clay Davis
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I've always thought teams should go for 2 every time, except when it is illogical (i.e. when an EP can give you the lead late in the game, when an EP makes it a multi-score game etc..) because I think if teams had an entire playbook of 2 point plays they would be able to convert at a 70% rate, which justifies it. When Tomlin started doing it I actually mostly hated it because it was random, there was no rhyme or reason, basically when he felt like going for it he'd do it. If he did it most or all of the time, that would be different.

I think (hope?) eventually going for 2 all of the time will be a future evolution, like we're seeing with possession and teams going for it on fourth down in more circumstances. Some coaches will die on the play it safe hill (Kyle Shanahan, I'm looking at you), but John Harbaugh is the leader in progressive thinking so I'm always gonna be curious what he rides with next.
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