{"id":43372,"date":"2025-11-17T02:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=43372"},"modified":"2025-11-17T02:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:11:05","slug":"nfl-referee-totally-screwed-up-the-overtime-coin-toss-in-panthers-falcons-game-and-needs-to-be-fired-asap-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=43372","title":{"rendered":"NFL Referee Totally Screwed Up The Overtime Coin Toss In Panthers-Falcons Game And Needs To Be Fired ASAP [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NFL referee Clay Martin completely botched the overtime coin toss that benefited\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/bryce-young\/\">Bryce Young<\/a>\u00a0and the visiting Carolina Panthers against the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\/\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday afternoon, the second time this has affected Raheem Morris\u2019 squad in three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The epic shootout between Bryce Young\u2019s Panthers and Michael Penix Jr.\u2019s Falcons required overtime, with the game tied 27 apiece after 60 minutes. When Young went to meet Clay Martin for the coin toss, the head referee made a bizarre mistake.<\/p>\n<p>As everyone knows, the team that wins the toss can decide whether to kick or receive, with the other team then deciding which end zone they wish to defend. But after winning the coin toss, Young said Carolina wanted \u201cto kick that way,\u201d and Martin inexplicably awarded him both requests:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=alexhoegler&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1990173605087621587&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2Fnfl%2Freferee-screwed-up-overtime-coin-toss-panthers-falcons-game%2F&amp;sessionId=abf37eba56d1185877b5319203482dcac6f09ae6&amp;siteScreenName=totalprosports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1990173605087621587\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Carolina\u2019s defense forced an Atlanta punt, and Young needed just five plays to set up kicker Ryan Fitzgerald for the game-winning 28-yard kick.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by Michael David Smith of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/referee-botches-overtime-coin-toss-in-mistake-filled-ending-to-regulation-in-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pro Football Talk<\/a>, the NFL referees made another coin toss mistake when the Falcons visited the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\/\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>\u00a0in Berlin two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts got to call \u201cheads\u201d or tails\u201d, even though they were the designated home team and not the visiting club. Head referee Clete Blakeman was informed of the error and redid the toss, with the Falcons winning it and electing to receive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; NFL referee Clay Martin completely botched the overtime coin toss that benefited\u00a0Bryce Young\u00a0and the visiting Carolina Panthers against the\u00a0Atlanta Falcons\u00a0on Sunday afternoon, the second time this has affected &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43374,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43372\/revisions\/43374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}