Maybe it’s the fact that this team is extremely young. Maybe the phases of the moon and the planets are out of whack or something like that. Or maybe it’s just a weird year, and football is a weird sport where weird things happen.
Regardless of the reason, the Green Bay Packers played another bizarre, strange game on Sunday in their 33-30 victory over the Carolina Panthers. It was indeed a crazy game filled with some odd moments, and the opening coin toss just set the tone for what was to come.
As we have learned in the 48 hours or so since the game, the Packers’ most enigmatic player appeared to take it upon himself to go out for the coin toss, then almost cost the team a possession of the football.