A curious thing has happened in the last few years of the National Football League: teams started going for it on fourth down more. A lot more. In the first week of the most recent NFL season, teams attempted a fourth down conversion 33 times before the fourth quarter, four times as many as the first week of 2018. In October 2020, Ben Baldwin created the 4th down decision bot on Twitter, and in two seasons it has gained 32,100 followers. Fourth down aggressiveness is probably the NFL’s biggest trend, one that’s probably here to stay.
Never bunt, ever, ever, ever
