The Steelers may have kicked down the door into a new NFL, where teams decide entertaining two-point conversions are worth trying. Pittsburgh is 3-for-3 on their two-point tries this season, and QB Ben Roethlisberger says they're here to stay.
"Oh, we're going to keep doing it," Roethlisberger said. "We don't practice it this much to not do it. We practice it every single day. ... I tried to tell you guys early on that we would do it, and I think you guys kind of didn't quite believe it. But it's something we feel comfortable with."
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The NFL moved extra points to the 15-yard line this season, and already teams have missed nine attempts; last season there were eight missed extra points all year. Still, few teams are going for two unless it's absolutely necessary. The Steelers might have been one of them, if they hadn't lost two kickers before the season started.
According to Roethlisberger, going for two has another advantage besides two points instead of one. Successful two-point conversions make opposing teams' game plans, and decision making go haywire.
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"If you're up 8-0 and they go score, they have a decision to make. We feel like we're a team that's going to do it enough that it's going to be hard to get a beat on us," Roethlisberger said. The Steelers became the first team to convert a two-point play in the first quarter in 17 years.
Rams coach Jeff Fisher, the Steelers' opponent this week and part of the NFL's competition committee, might be better prepared than most coaches to deal with Pittsburgh's two-point trickery. He was part of the NFL's decision to move the extra points back.
"Obviously they've got 2-point plays that are working," Fisher said. "Obviously we are going to have to spend a lot of time on it. That's Mike [Tomlin's] choice. I think we are going to see more and more of it as the season goes on."
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