I have a question about Brees' interceptions

AsylumGuido · 12-22-2018, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by neugey

Question for any residents statisticians or experts. This has been in the back of my mind and I cannot figure it out ...

So last week Brees threw 2 interceptions ... the one that was caught by Bradberry and another on the 2 point conversion attempt that got returned for points by the Panthers. But when I look at the player stats and totals I only see that one interception was tallied for Brees.

And I think I have seen this oddity before in other situations. Why do none of the stats on two point conversion seem to get included into player totals? Is this some obscure NFL or football scoring rule?

Per the NFL Guide for Statisticians (page 36):

"No rushing, passing, receiving, interception, fumble or sack statistics shall be credited during an extra-point attempt."

foreverfan · 12-22-2018, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Per the NFL Guide for Statisticians (page 36):

"No rushing, passing, receiving, interception, fumble or sack statistics shall be credited during an extra-point attempt."

SmashMouth · 12-23-2018, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by foreverfan

Is that what you call going for TWO?

foreverfan · 12-23-2018, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Is that what you call going for TWO?

Something like that.

neugey · 12-22-2018, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Per the NFL Guide for Statisticians (page 36):

"No rushing, passing, receiving, interception, fumble or sack statistics shall be credited during an extra-point attempt."

Thanks for finding that. So the rules are clearly written such that the only thing that statistically counts from the extra point/two-point conversion (outside of, strangely enough, penalty yardage) are the actual points scored. Kind of weird, but I guess since the game clock isn't running it is almost like the conversion occurs somewhat outside of the realm of the normal game.

Just think about that poor fella for the Panthers that basically had 100 yards of interception return yardage and none of it counted, nor the interception itself. Just the two points, which hardly ever gets looked it. It's bizarre, but I guess there must have been some historical context on why they drafted the rules that way which might be pretty hard to pin down now.

12-22-2018, 05:48 PM	#1
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,720	Re: I have a question about Brees' interceptions Originally Posted by neugey Question for any residents statisticians or experts. This has been in the back of my mind and I cannot figure it out ... So last week Brees threw 2 interceptions ... the one that was caught by Bradberry and another on the 2 point conversion attempt that got returned for points by the Panthers. But when I look at the player stats and totals I only see that one interception was tallied for Brees. And I think I have seen this oddity before in other situations. Why do none of the stats on two point conversion seem to get included into player totals? Is this some obscure NFL or football scoring rule? Per the NFL Guide for Statisticians (page 36): "No rushing, passing, receiving, interception, fumble or sack statistics shall be credited during an extra-point attempt." neugey, SmashMouth, Beastmode and 1 others like this.

12-22-2018, 06:28 PM	#2
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Re: I have a question about Brees' interceptions Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Per the NFL Guide for Statisticians (page 36): "No rushing, passing, receiving, interception, fumble or sack statistics shall be credited during an extra-point attempt." SmashMouth likes this.

12-23-2018, 08:16 AM	#3
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,978 Blog Entries: 29	Re: I have a question about Brees' interceptions Originally Posted by foreverfan Is that what you call going for TWO? foreverfan likes this.
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12-23-2018, 11:45 AM	#4
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Re: I have a question about Brees' interceptions Originally Posted by SmashMouth Is that what you call going for TWO? Something like that.
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12-22-2018, 09:57 PM	#5
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,878 Blog Entries: 13	Re: I have a question about Brees' interceptions Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Per the NFL Guide for Statisticians (page 36): "No rushing, passing, receiving, interception, fumble or sack statistics shall be credited during an extra-point attempt." Thanks for finding that. So the rules are clearly written such that the only thing that statistically counts from the extra point/two-point conversion (outside of, strangely enough, penalty yardage) are the actual points scored. Kind of weird, but I guess since the game clock isn't running it is almost like the conversion occurs somewhat outside of the realm of the normal game. Just think about that poor fella for the Panthers that basically had 100 yards of interception return yardage and none of it counted, nor the interception itself. Just the two points, which hardly ever gets looked it. It's bizarre, but I guess there must have been some historical context on why they drafted the rules that way which might be pretty hard to pin down now.

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