This was not Blakeman's first brush with a coin-toss controversy. I'm sure that would have been a little bit of controversy if we had won.' Packers linebacker Clay Matthews theorized that 'there was a little protective case that might have been weighted in the heads' favor.'ДЄdded Matthews: 'The first one, it didn't turn. 'I think he was trying to avoid the embarrassment of what just happened,' Rodgers said. Rodgers indicated he would have called 'heads' on the second toss if given the chance. 'He picked the coin up and flipped it to tails, and then he flipped it without giving me a chance to make a recall there. So we obviously thought that was not right. at 1:10 pm ET 2 min read One of the oddest moments in the Packers - Cardinals game on Saturday came after regulation ended when referee Clete Blakeman called both teams out to. It just tossed up in the air and did not turn over at all. 'He was showing heads, so I called tails, and it didn't flip. Rodgers was dismayed after the game because he said he makes his calls based on which way the referee is holding the coin. In the process, the NFL avoided a larger controversy had the coin landed on tails the second time. The Cardinals won, chose to receive the kickoff and promptly won the game on a 5-yard touchdown reception by receiver Larry Fitzgerald on the third play of overtime. This time, the coin did flip and landed on heads again. He did not give Rodgers the opportunity to change his call. It did not flip in the air and landed on heads, presumably making the Cardinals the winner.Д«lakeman, however, called off the toss, telling both teams that the coin hadn't flipped. Packers quarterback and captain Aaron Rodgers called tails, and Blakeman tossed the coin in the air. The event occurred with captains from both teams gathered at midfield at University of Phoenix Stadium. 'But the referee used his judgment to determine that basic fairness dictated that the coin should flip for the toss to be valid. 'There is nothing in the rulebook that specifies ,' NFL spokesman Michael Signora said in a statement. Although there is no rule requiring the coin to flip in the air during a legal coin toss, the league said Blakeman acted out of 'basic fairness' rather than a misinterpretation of protocol. The NFL has confirmed that referee Clete Blakeman made his own decision to repeat the coin toss before overtime in Saturday night's divisional playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals.

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