Why Falcons got ball to start OT after refs messed up coin flip with Colts

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Overtime got off to a weird start in Berlin.

On the NFL Network broadcast, the Indianapolis Colts were shown winning the coin toss and choosing to receive the OT kickoff.

When the game came back on TV, the Atlanta Falcons were receiving.

What gives?

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Why did the Falcons get the OT kickoff?

The refs did the coin flip wrong.

The visiting team is supposed to call the flip.

The referee initially had the Colts call it, and tails won for the Colts.

But when the game went to commercial break, the officials realized the Falcons were actually the away team for this game in Berlin, Germany.

So they re-did the toss, and the Falcons won it that time and chose to receive.

In the end, the guys in stripes got it right, but it created a really odd situation.

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