He did it in a 2013 game against the Broncos on a windy day in Foxboro. 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. 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.
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