The NFL is in its second year of its current overtime format, but some players still haven’t learned the rules. And Chiefs captain Patrick Mahomes tried to take advantage of that on Sunday night.
Colts captain Cam Bynum called tails on the overtime coin toss, and when it came up tails, he had the choice to kick, receive or pick a goal to defend. But Bynum chose none of those, instead saying “defer.”
Deferring is only an option for the pre-game coin toss, when the team that wins the toss can choose to defer its choice of kicking or receiving until the second half kickoff. Deferring is not an option before overtime.
As soon as Mahomes heard…
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