Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is off to the best start of his 12-year career.
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Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says they’re not planning on stopping anytime soon either. Last year, only eight were missed all season long.
Regardless of how often the Steelers offense goes for two moving forward, at least we know the level of preparedness that they have should they run into a game situation in which they really need those two points. “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, to begin their 43-18 rout of the 49ers in Week 2, went for two on their first two touchdowns.
What is clear, though, is that National Football League coaches have traditionally viewed the two-point conversions as a “break in case of emergency only” type of weapon to be used during desperate times only – meaning the fourth quarter.
After two games, the Pittsburgh Steelers are flawless on two-point conversions, executing on all three of their attempts.
If a team can successfully convert on half of its two-point tries, it will score more than it would by just going for the PAT. Their third, former Jaguar Josh Scobee, already looks shaky on extra points and field goals. As the season goes on, it will be fascinating to see how this strategy continues to evolve – when in games and how frequently teams go for it and how the math around it changes.
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If it keeps working for the Steelers, why not keep on trying it and scoring points. “We feel like we’re a team that’s going to do it enough that it’s going to be hard to get a bead on us”.
