re: Coaching mistakes during game

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I don’t understand this talking point. Until recently almost every team took the ball after winning the coin toss. It's really just a personal preference, people act like its a huge disadvantage or something, its not.

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It wasn't really an option until 2008. After that the percentage of teams that chose to defer has continued to grow basically every year. In 2018, like 95% of NFL teams that won the toss chose to defer. There's a reason for that.