The exchange between Blakeman, Slater:

bresna · Dec 27, 2015

Since when does a referee make suggestions?

SammyBlueCat · Dec 27, 2015

Slater did not listen...

Joey007 · Dec 27, 2015

Seems like either a sabotage by Blakeman, or previous context telling the refs that if they won, they would kick it.

Will be interested in hearing explanations.

I.M. Fletcher · Dec 27, 2015

He was trying to choose the direction.

This is not a scandal.

Delicate Genius · Dec 27, 2015

LightSkinSmurf · Dec 27, 2015

I.M. Fletcher said:
He was trying to choose the direction.

This is not a scandal.

Nonsense, everything is a scandal around here.

Big-T · Dec 27, 2015

Clete didn't give Slater the wind, which is what they were taking. He let the Jets pick the direction.

He also shouldn't ask a leading question to start with, it should be something like "what is your choice?"

ashley · Dec 27, 2015

On to Miami...after we beat them, we are the number 1 seed

BlitzFritz · Dec 27, 2015

Slater said - "We want to kick off in that direction"
It's a classic mistake, has happened before in NFL lore.
He should have said - we want to defend that end zone, in trying to pick a direction.

Really bad for a Pats captain, sorry.

PatsDoc · Dec 27, 2015

Am I crazy??? Or did Slater elect to kick, which is fine (I can see reasons to do so) and then the ref asked the Jets "which end would you like to receive?" It seems that we meant to kick, but then WE are supposed to choose the end to receive. This is my interpretation of this whole thing. I think Slater was trying to say "hey don't we get to choose the end of the field" or something along those lines? Why did the Jets get to receive the ball AND get to choose the end of the field?

Bill Lee · Dec 27, 2015

I'm expecting BB to say the usual: "We didn't make enough plays to win today".

And he'd be right.

varjao · Dec 27, 2015

Belichick wanted to kick, no big deal, he's done it before.

Joey007 · Dec 27, 2015

Big-T said:
Clete didn't give Slater the wind, which is what they were taking. He let the Jets pick the direction.

He also shouldn't ask a leading question to start with, it should be something like "what is your choice?"

He must have gotten some context that New England was considering kicking. We have done this before in OT successfully.

Delicate Genius · Dec 27, 2015

PatsDoc said:
Am I crazy??? Or did Slater elect to kick, which is fine (I can see reasons to do so) and then the ref asked the Jets "which end would you like to receive?" It seems that we meant to kick, but then WE are supposed to choose the end to receive. This is my interpretation of this whole thing. I think Slater was trying to say "hey don't we get to choose the end of the field" or something along those lines? Why did the Jets get to receive the ball AND get to choose the end of the field?

Because the Patriots won the toss and chose to kick. The Jets then get to choose which end of the field they get.

~~What Slater meant to do was choose which end to defend.~~

Joey007 · Dec 27, 2015

But at end of the day, the defense could not make the needed stops.

And on offense, we missed our usual clutch Amendola catches we normally get that normally play a huge pet for us.

RobertWeathers · Dec 27, 2015

Joey007 said:
He must have gotten some context that New England was considering kicking. We have done this before in OT successfully.

Not in OT. Slater had a brain fart

DaBruinz · Dec 27, 2015

Based on what people are saying, there is no scenario that the person winning the toss gets to chose the endzone they are defending?

DaBruinz · Dec 27, 2015

robertweathers said:
Not in OT. Slater had a brain fart

Sorry, but Slater and the coaches disagree with you>

Mike Reiss ✔ @MikeReiss
Matthew Slater says coach instructed Patriots to kick off at start of overtime. The only confusion was which direction they were kicking.

mosi · Dec 27, 2015

robertweathers said:
Not in OT. Slater had a brain fart

The Pats have received in OT before, the 2013 game against Denver. The Pats played the wind. What is odd, is that they should have been able to choose which side to kick to - as they did in 2013.

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