The PAT kick would become the smarter choice in 1964, as kicks were converted 83 percent of the time that year — a new high — and two-point conversions were successful just 40.3 percent of the ...

Tom Brady’s final play of the postseason was a mistake, according to ESPN analyst Tim Hasselbeck.

I set this threshold at a 40 percent expected conversion rate (the same as the bottom of the range lines in the chart above). Or 7.5 percentage points lower than the baseline conversion rate ...

Overall, there were 11 one-point attempts, eight two-point attempts and no three-point attempts in the opening four games. Of the 19 conversion attempts, 14 followed the chart’s exact ...

When two-point conversions succeed about 50 percent of the time, the strategy makes sense. Daniel Jones is stopped on a two-point conversion during the Giants’ loss to the Commanders on Nov. 3 ...

In 2015, the N.F.L. moved the spot for the extra-point kick from the 2-yard line back 13 yards, to the 15, making a successful kick slightly less probable (it’s now successful 95 percent of the ...

Two failed two-point conversions doomed the Ravens in their 27-25 loss to the Bills. Head coach John Harbaugh’s costly decisions, including a third-quarter attempt, will haunt Baltimore after a ...