Okay, here’s my take on sharing my experience with the nfl extra point distance, blog style:
Alright, so I’ve been messing around with NFL extra point distances lately, and figured I’d share what I’ve been up to. It all started when I was watching a game and thinking, “Man, these extra points feel way less automatic than they used to.” That got me wondering about the actual stats and how the rule changes affected things.
First thing I did was hit up the internet, naturally. I needed to grab some data about extra point attempts and makes over the years. Found a few good spots with historical stats. I wasn’t trying to build some crazy predictive model, just wanted to visualize the trends.
Next up, I had to wrangle that data. It was a bit of a mess at first, you know how it is. Dates in different formats, some columns missing, the usual. I used a spreadsheet to clean it up, get everything consistent. Took a while, but cleaning data is like flossing – nobody wants to do it, but you feel better after.
Okay, with clean-ish data in hand, I fired up my charting software (I use a pretty basic one, nothing fancy). I plotted the extra point success rate over time. That’s when things got interesting. You could see a clear dip right around the time they moved the extra point back! It wasn’t just my imagination; the data backed it up.
To make it a bit more visual, I also calculated the difference in success rate before and after the rule change. Seeing that difference clearly illustrated the impact the longer distance had on the game.
I messed around with a few other visualizations too. A simple bar chart showing the number of extra points attempted each year, just to see if there were any big changes in strategy. Nothing too dramatic, but it was cool to see.
Key Takeaways:
- Moving the extra point back definitely made it less of a sure thing.
- The data proves what every football fan already suspected from watching games.
Honestly, it was a fun little project. Nothing groundbreaking, but it scratched my itch to understand the impact of the NFL’s rule changes. Plus, now I have some cool charts to show off during the next game!
