![]() The craziness in the NFC divisional round match up between the Arizona Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers. Rodgers was dismayed after the game because he said he makes his calls based on which way the referee is holding the coin. Aaron Rodgers was not happy after the coin toss in the 2512 loss to the Cardinals. In the process, the NFL avoided a larger controversy had the coin landed on tails the second time. The Cardinals won, chose to receive the kickoff and promptly won the game on a 5-yard touchdown reception by receiver Larry Fitzgerald on the third play of overtime. Green Bays loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night pales, but it raises the same quandary. This time, the coin did flip and landed on heads again. Well, you cant ask Valens because he died in 1959 thanks to a coin toss. He did not give Rodgers the opportunity to change his call. It did not flip in the air and landed on heads, presumably making the Cardinals the winner.īlakeman, however, called off the toss, telling both teams that the coin hadn't flipped. Packers quarterback and captain Aaron Rodgers called tails, and Blakeman tossed the coin in the air. The event occurred with captains from both teams gathered at midfield at University of Phoenix Stadium. "But the referee used his judgment to determine that basic fairness dictated that the coin should flip for the toss to be valid. "There is nothing in the rulebook that specifies ," NFL spokesman Michael Signora said in a statement. Arizona won two coin tosses and Larry Fitzgerald burned the Packers defense for 75 yards on the Cardinals’ first offensive play, setting up a game-winning touchdown. Although there is no rule requiring the coin to flip in the air during a legal coin toss, the league said Blakeman acted out of "basic fairness" rather than a misinterpretation of protocol. 1 / 24 Raising the banner for the 2015 NFC West title. ![]() The NFL has confirmed that referee Clete Blakeman made his own decision to repeat the coin toss before overtime in Saturday night's divisional playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals. Images from the Cardinals 2015 playoff win over the Packers, featuring an Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary, a Hail Larry, and the overtime coin flip that didnt flip.
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