Top to Bottom, Shanahan Takes Charge

[Lotus]

The article quotes Shanahan as saying that he does not carry a 2-point conversion chart because he does not need one. I found this to be tragically ironic against the Jets. Shanny should have gone for 2 on our last touchdown, which was engineered by the unstoppable Rich Bartel.

We scored with 2 minutes left, putting us up 4 points at 15-11. If you kick the extra point you go up 5 points - there is not a big difference between 4 and 5 points so late in the game. But if you get two points, you go up six points, which covers you from the scenario where they score a touchdown but miss the extra point (as had already happened earlier). If we miss getting 2 points, then we're up 4 points, which again is not that different from being up 5 points.

This was not a big deal. It was not a gamebreaker or anything. But still we should have gone for 2 points. I think Shanny should carry a chart.