Down 24-10 to the Washington Commanders in the fourth quarter on Sunday, the New York Giants scored a touchdown on a great 2-yard run by Daniel Jones with 9:25 left in the fourth quarter to close the gap to 24-16.
The question was then whether the Giants would go for 1 or 2. “Analytics” says to go for 2. It’s counter-intuitive at first, but statistics bear it out. In any case, the Giants failed on the two-point conversion when Jones kept the ball and was tackled short of the goal line. It became something of a moot point when Washington added a field goal to make it 27-16, but when the Giants scored again, they had no choice but to go for 2 again to try to cut the margin to a field goal.…
