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How often each kind of mistake still felt like the right call

How often each kind of mistake still felt like the right call

Share of wrong decisions that beat their own expected value. Punts excluded — their outcome is already an average.

Kicked when the model said gon=6,618 · CI 74.2–76.375.3%
Went when the model said kickn=16,269 · CI 47.5–49.148.3%

A wrong kick is rewarded three times as often as a wrong gamble. That asymmetry is the whole story.

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