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Depends on the time left and the calibre of your qb and receivers if you have enough time to drive down to kicking range if you fail going for 2. The opposing team may have a great run game and will run out the clock. Usually with lots of time left you always go for 1 as that’s a high percentage shot and 2 is low

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kicking range would be meaningless in this situation

if you fail, you still trail by 8

I assume if you trail by 8 and you scored a TD, you’d either tie or trail by 2

> I assume if you trail by 8 and you scored a TD, you’d either tie or trail by 2

Or trail by 4, if you really botch it up.

I can't keep track of the rules; can you return a blocked 1-pt attempt for points?

Yep, two points, as of... 2015 or so?

The context is "should I go for the 2-pt conversion?" When you're making that decision, you've already received 6 points for scoring the corresponding touchdown. The scenario presented is that you were down by 14, then you scored a touchdown to be down 8, and now have to decide whether to kick the PAT or go for 2 points. That's why it's correct to say "when you're down by 8". They're talking about a scenario where you'll still have to score another TD.

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