Losing overtime coin toss in Kansas City still hurts for Josh Allen – ProFootballTalk

Payments quarterback Josh Allen turned in two of the best playoff performances in NFL historical past final season, first in opposition to the Patriots after which in opposition to the Chiefs. However on the finish of 4 nice quarters in Kansas Metropolis, Allen by no means received to the touch the ball in extra time, because the Payments misplaced the coin toss and the Chiefs scored a landing on the primary possession.

Requested on the Bussin with the Boys podcast which damage extra, shedding the sport or shedding the coin toss, Allen answered, “The coin toss.”

Allen mentioned he had known as the toss for the Payments in each highway recreation that season, and the CBS manufacturing crew reminded him earlier than the Chiefs recreation that he had received each toss.

“As much as that time I feel I used to be 9-0 all through the season. In our manufacturing assembly, it was jinxed, and I used to be 0-for-2 in that recreation,” Allen mentioned. “They introduced up that stat, you’re 9-0. . . . I am going 0-2 on coin tosses that recreation. I switched it up, I went heads first after which I went tails on the finish, and it was clearly flip-flopped.”

Allen mentioned followers repeatedly inform him how a lot they liked that recreation, however it’s onerous for him to be joyful about it.

“Folks nonetheless come as much as me and speak about it. That’s the sport folks speak about,” Allen mentioned. “To be part of it’s nice, however to be on the shedding finish of it isn’t so nice. It doesn’t make me really feel any higher when somebody comes up and says, ‘That was the best recreation I’ve ever seen.’ It’s like, we misplaced.”