
This actually isn't the first time Belichick has chosen the side of the field in overtime. VIDEO #Patriots head coach Bill Belichick asked about kicking ball to start overtime vs Jets #WBZ /Znq5EeyvKM Slater says he checked a few times with Belichick to make sure he wanted to kick if they won the toss. Only confusion was whether they got to choose direction.

Slater says Belichick told them to kick off. Bill Belichick had actually told him he wanted to kick the ball off: It seemed like there was no other explanation.īut it turns out Slater didn't make as big a mistake as people thought. Surely, Slater had made a mental error at a critical time. After all, why would anybody want to kick off to start overtime? The NFL's OT rules allow the first team that scores a touchdown to win, and sure enough, Eric Decker scored a touchdown on the Jets' first possession: That confusion caused many to believe that he had made a massive mistake. Don’t we get to choose?" Blakeman: "You elected to kick." Slater’s reaction: /9i0h9B2owi Slater seemed quite confused with referee Clete Blakeman, asking why he wasn't allowed to choose. But in a confusing turn of events, Patriots special teamer Matthew Slater told the referee the Patriots wanted to kick off. The last team to win the toss and hoist the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the night was the 2013-14 Seattle Seahawks against the Denver Broncos.New England won the toss in overtime against the Jets, meaning they had the opportunity to get the ball first in an overtime featuring modified sudden death rules. In fact, there is sizable streak currently going on as each team to win the coin toss the past eight years has wound up losing. Out of the 56 Super Bowls played thus far, just 25 teams have won the coin flip and the game. This comes on the heels of tails going on a four-year winning streak in the mid-2010s. Heads has now been the coin toss winner in back-to-back years as well as four out of the last five Super Bowls. Cincinnati lost the game, ruining the bet of those who wagered on Cincy to win the toss and the game itself. The Bengals won the coin toss last year via Heads after the LA Rams had called Tails. Most coin toss wins: Cowboys (6) 49ers (5) Dolphins (4) Raiders (3) Patriots (3) Seahawks (3) TheLines has you covered with all of your Super Bowl betting needs this week. Player to correctly call Opening Kickoff coin toss Coin flip lines below are available to bet on now.

Sports betting sites will once again be offering other coin toss prop bets for Super Bowl LVII including Coin Toss Team winner, Player to Correctly Call Opening Coin Toss, and To Win Coin Flip and the Game odds. Click on any of the odds below to bet now. Super Bowl coin odds have been made available at select sportsbooks including FanDuel Sportsbook, which not surprisingly had both heads and tails at -104. The finalists for Super Bowl 57 have been decided as the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Update: The coin toss prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl 57 landed on Tails.

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Ready to completely over analyze Super Bowl coin odds? We thought so.īelow you will find the result of every Super Bowl coin flip since Super Bowl I, plus current coin toss odds and trends to help you decide on heads or tails. Heads or tails? Betting on those results may seem like the ultimate in a 50-50 proposition, but millions of dollars will be wagered on the outcome when the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs gather in the center of the field in Glendale, Arizona on February 12 for the Super Bowl coin toss.
