Aaron Rodgers Complaining About The Overtime Coin Toss Is So Lame
(Source) “Clete had it on heads,” Rodgers said. “He was showing heads, so I called tails, and it didn’t flip. It just tossed up in the air and did not turn over at all. It landed in the ground. So we obviously thought that was not right.
“He picked the coin up and flipped it to tails, and then he flipped it without giving me a chance to make a recall there. It was confusing.” Rodgers indicated he would have called “heads” on the second toss if given the chance. It landed on heads again.
I have a long and storied past with Aaron Rodgers but even if I despise his every move I’ve always admitted he’s probably the best or second best quarterback in the NFL. What he did last night with trash wide receivers was unbelievable. That Hail Mary, falling backwards, going to his left and launching the ball over 50 yards in the air was fucking incredible. Even though the Packers lost I’m still in shock that that happened again. Which is why it’s even lamer that he’s complaining about this coin toss. Yes the coin toss was weird, I don’t think if you tried to do this 100 times you could successfully launch a coin that high and never have it flip. But nothing changed, literally nothing. As fucked up as it was the Ref handled it perfectly. He noticed his mistake, picked it up and flipped again. So for Aaron Rodgers to tell us he was actually going to call heads the second time, which just so happens to be what it landed on is so fucking lame. Come on man. Overtime is a cruel beast, especially if it’s playoff overtime and your season goes over. But if you don’t like not having the ball make a stop? Or better yet, go for 2 and win it in regulation. To cry about a coin toss that I think we can all agree was flukey but handled correctly, is baby stuff. And don’t tell me I would say the same thing if it happened to the Bears because the Bears never make it to the playoffs so that hypothetical is stupid.
Gotta love Clay Matthews accusing the NFL of weighted dice. Jesus guys. It’s a coin flip that was weird and fixed almost immediately.
PS
At least he had 2 hail marys this year. That’s way better than a Super Bowl. Ha!
