XFL experiments with new extra-point options

The XFL wanted to liven up (and smarten up) extra-point conversions, and it’s working, writes Neil Greenberg, with the help of TruMedia’s research tool:

“From 2015 to 2019, NFL teams converted 124 of 251 goal-to-go plays on third and fourth downs from the two-yard line — plays that mimic a two-point try, per data from TruMedia. That’s a 49 percent success rate. Teams converted 64 of 182 plays goal-to-go plays on third and fourth down from the five-yard line, a 35 percent success rate. And they went 15 for 82 from the 10-yard line, giving them an 18 percent success rate over those five seasons. Those figures suggest the two-point attempt is the most valuable option in the XFL, with the one-point attempt the least valuable of the three, generating only 0.49 expected points per try from the two-yard line.”

Full article: The Washington Post