NOW WATCH: 2015 was an incredible year for bizarre championships The New York Jets beat the New England Patriots 26-20 in overtime in a huge game that kept the. Ralph Peters calls Obama a 'total pussy'. The Jets and Patriots captains take their rightful places at midfield for the coin toss, the Patriots choose heads, the referee flips the coin and announces the Patriots have won the toss. The New York Jets beat the New England Patriots 26-20 in overtime in a huge game that kept the. Instead, the Jets got the win and now find themselves in the driver's seat heading into the final week of the season. .And the jets promptly drive down the field and score.Fox News analyst Lt. More likely, there was some confusion over the call, and as the Patriots' offense struggled to get going most of the game, perhaps they felt they could get a stop and make it far enough down the field for a game-winning field goal. Perhaps the Patriots let the Jets win in hopes of setting up a potentially easier playoff bracket in the AFC.
There's been speculation that the Patriots would rather face the Jets - a solid team that's had a fairly easy schedule - over the Steelers, a very good team that's had bad injury luck. Most of the Jets players - whether they stood at midfield for the coin toss, or on the sideline - were shocked when they heard about this. The last team to win the toss and hoist the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the night was the 2013-14 Seattle Seahawks against the Denver. In fact, there is a sizable streak currently going on as each team to win the coin toss the past six years has wound up losing. New England then won the overtime coin flip but elected to kick off instead. Instead, the Steelers lost to the Ravens, and a Jets win puts them ahead of the Steelers for a Wild Card spot. Out of the previous 54 Super Bowls, teams have won the coin flip and the game. If both teams won, the situation would carry over to Week 17. As some have speculated, did the Patriots also intentionally sabotage their own efforts to win the game? Entering Sunday, a Jets loss and a Steelers win would clinch a playoff victory for the Steelers.
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