One failed conversion that will dog them well into the off-season occurred during their first possession of the third quarter.
A successful 2-point conversion would give the Saints a 0.88 Win Probability, and a failed conversion attempt would give the Saints a 0.77 Win Probability.
Smith extended Wigan's lead with a penalty, making up for a failed conversion, and after the Wolves had gone close through Joe Westerman and Rhys Evans he added a second midway through the first half to take the score to 8-0.
The building has gone through a number of failed conversion plans, perhaps most notoriously in 2006, when the Dutch architect Ben van Berkel designed a 20-story apartment building, with glass elevators and a facade of black metal bands.
A loss at Red Bull Arena on the weekend was not so unexpected but the injury situation that kept Higuain out of the game, the nature in which the goals were given up and the failed conversion of their own chances created a cause for concern.
The defense can score by returning a fumbled football or an interception across the other team's goal line for a touchdown, by tackling the ball carrier behind his own goal line (for a two-point safety), or by returning a failed conversion attempt across the opponent's goal line (two points).
The failed conversion set up Peyton Manning and the Colts with a short field and led to a touchdown and a 35-34 Colts win.
