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Green Bay Packers suspend Jaire Alexander after coin-toss ‘mistake'

Jaire Alexander won the coin toss but lost some coin.

The Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl cornerback has been suspended one game due to his near coin-toss blunder on Sunday.

Alexander, a North Carolina native, designated himself a team captain ahead of the Packers' matchup against the Carolina Panthers. He walked to midfield with his three teammates who had been named captain that week as part of the team's season-long rotation -- Aaron Jones, Quay Walker and Eric Wilson.

Alexander called tails and won the toss but said the Packers wanted to be on defense instead of correctly saying the team wanted to defer to the second half.