It was hard to make heads or tails out of some of the baffling calls in the NFL's Week 16, notably Bill Belichick's decision to keep Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski with him on the sideline at the start of overtime.
While many football fans celebrated Belichick's boo-boo after the Jets capitalized for a 26-20 win, consider this: Maybe it wasn't a gaffe as much as it was pure genius. At least if you believe in conspiracy theories involving the New England coach, something many NFL fans do.
"I thought it was the best thing to do," Belichick said of forgoing receiving the football.