PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz had the same reaction as many across the country when Doug Pederson put two fingers in the air instead of one late against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 5, his team trailing by eight.
"I was a bit slack-jawed, like, 'What are we doing?'" Schwartz said. "I wasn't privy to those discussions and things like that with the analytics [people], and being sort of old-school it's like, ‘What? No, no, kick the [extra point].’ And then after the game, somebody was explaining to me the statistics behind it, and it’s like, ‘Oh, I get it.