When it comes to being an NFL official, it’s sometimes easy to overlook just how difficult of a job it is. They have to actively enforce thousands of rules while standing in the middle of a professional football game at full speed. It isn’t easy! And mistakes happen.
That being said, the coin toss should be the easiest thing an NFL referee is tasked with doing. You literally just have to flip a coin. And still, NFL refs manage to screw that up from time to time.
Week 18’s game between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets was no exception. Longtime NFL official John Hussey struggled out there for the pregame toss, which had the players laughing in disbelief.
Third time was the charm during this coin toss 😅@JoshAllenQB | @StefonDiggs pic.twitter.com/9TVZsxSlnn
— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) January 10, 2022
NFL Films shared the hilarious exchange from Sunday’s game. The Jets had called tails, the coin landed on tails and Hussey was ready to award the Jets with the choice until the Bills spoke up.
The coin didn’t flip.
Hussey realized that the Bills were right, so he re-flipped. And guess what? It didn’t flip … again.
The Bills couldn’t believe it. It took three attempts, and the Jets managed to win the “toss” all three times. Hey, at least this didn’t happen ahead of overtime for the Chargers-Raiders game. That would have been something.
Hussey will have to practice those coin flips going forward. It’s supposed to be easy.
