With 42 seconds left in the Ravens-Packers game, Baltimore quarterback Tyler Huntley scored on an eight-yard touchdown run to give his team 30 points to Green Bay’s 31. It was an impressive comeback for a Ravens team that had been down 28-17 early in the fourth quarter.
All the Ravens had to do was to kick the extra point, hope Aaron Rodgers didn’t have a long drive ahead of him in regulation, and go to overtime. Instead, head coach John Harbaugh made the decision to try a two-point attempt, which sent the pro-analytics and the anti-analytics crowds into equivalent frenzies.
On the conversion attempt, Huntley rolled right and tried to hit tight end Mark Andrews in the end zone. The try failed, and the Packers escaped M&T Bank Stadium with a one-point win.
Defense comes up BIG! 💪
The two-point try is NO GOOD!#GBvsBAL | #GoPackGo
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— Green Bay Packers (@packers) December 20, 2021
As you would expect, Twitter was all over both the decision and the play call. And once again, the definition of “analytics” is all over the place.