Saints' Sean Payton explains decision to go for 2 every time vs. Chargers
 

The New Orleans Saints went for 2 after each of their four touchdowns in Saturday's preseason victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, but don't expect this to become a trend when the regular season begins in two weeks.

According to coach Sean Payton, the decision to go for 2 each time didn't come until the game began, and the goal was just to practice situations that could arise during the season.

"We just felt like and I felt like just getting some work and changing up some looks," Payton said. "I'm confident enough with our PAT operation, and when you're trying to get snaps for the quarterbacks, which we're trying to do here, there are just more opportunities to look at both that position and more opportunities to look at the running back position and just more snaps to evaluate. We didn't talk about it. Once we got started, we felt like doing it."

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The Saints were mostly successful on their tries, scoring the 2 points on their first three attempts. They failed on their fourth try.

The first attempt was a pass from Drew Brees to Michael Thomas on a slant route, which is one of the hardest plays for opposing defenses to defense.

The next three attempts were all runs with backup quarterback Taysom Hill running in on a run-pass option, rookie Boston Scott converting on his run and Jonathan Williams failed to reach the goal line.

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Should we not go for two more often?

Re: Saints' Sean Payton explains decision to go for 2 every time vs. Chargers
 

Let's see........four scores and three two point conversions. Right??? Sitting at the bar I was trying to do the math on how many points more we scored at an incredible ratio rather than taking the automatic single point (thank you Lutz)........but I suck at math and I'd been drinking!

None the less teams have to worry about our special teams now. No more stagnant thinking by Paytons old cronies. The more time the teams spend worrying about different scenarios the more options we have to throw at them come game day! I just hope that we can get several good returns this year.