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Referee Error Mars Falcons-Colts OT in Germany With Botched Coin Toss, Late-Game Confusion

Ref Clete Blakeman mistakenly let the wrong team call the overtime coin toss, forcing a quiet do-over during a commercial break. He’d earlier ended regulation with a string of errors, misstating the clock, timeout count, and game status. Though the Falcons didn’t challenge it, the officiating missteps added chaos to a dramatic Colts-Falcons finish in Berlin.