“They took the ball out of (Brady’s) hands, and I’m grateful they did that,” Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson said. This one flopped.Īnd Fitzpatrick and the Jets made the Patriots pay. “There was no confusion.”īelichick had done it once before in 2013, but a hefty wind was involved against Denver. New England Patriots WR Matthew Slater explains his role in the coin flip controversy versus the New York Jets in week 16. “There wasn’t any confusion,” the coach said. “My first reaction was, ‘Stop ’em!’ said Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall, thinking Tom Brady and the offense would have the ball first since the Patriots won the toss.ĭespite most of MetLife Stadium being dumbfounded, Belichick insisted everything was fine. The Jets were stunned when they saw the Patriots kicking team take the field. The Patriots won the coin flip to start overtime, but they didn’t do the expected thing when they got the choice about kicking off or receiving.It appeared that special teams captain Matthew Slater told referee Clete Blakeman that he wanted to kick off and then tried to reverse course. We kicked off, which is what we wanted to do.” 91,680 views 520 Dislike Share Save NFL 9.32M subscribers The Patriots get confused during the overtime cointoss against the Jets in Week 16. The Jets are now in a win and your in situation for the playoffs. The Patriots threatened to tie the game, but Bledsoes pass from New Yorks 8 into the end zone was intercepted by Farrior. “That’s why I asked for clarification,” he said. Tonight I will review the biggest action from Week 16 of the NFL season, including a recap of the New York Jets incerdible 26-20 win over the New England Patriots.
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. In fact, there is a sizable streak currently going on as each team to win the coin toss the past six years has wound up losing. Slater acknowledged that he didn’t know that he didn’t get to decide that aspect of the toss. Out of the previous 54 Super Bowls, teams have won the coin flip and the game. We didn’t get to decide which way we got to kick it off as well.” “That was the end of our decision making.
The fate of the Jets season changed on an odd coin toss decision that helped Gang Green defeat the Patriots in dramatic fashion, 26-20, in OT Sunday at. “We wanted to kick the other way, but we weren’t able to make that decision because we won the toss and we chose to kick off,” Slater said. And the Jets never gave him the ball back. Slater acknowledged that he was simply trying to get clarification from Blakeman on not being able to choose the direction of their kick.
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