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Report: NFL May Simplify Coin Toss Rules After Confusion in Rams vs. Cowboys

Changes could be coming to the coin toss before NFL games.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, "The NFL could consider simplifying the rules of what players have to say for the 2020 season, according to sources. The discussion is expected to center around whether there is a way to simplify the language regarding the opening coin toss."

Schefter's report follows the league intervening and granting the Dallas Cowboys the ball to start the second half of their game last Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams. There was some confusion when Dak Prescott chose to defer the choice to the second half after first saying the Cowboys would kick, and the officials didn't grant the deferral until the NFL stepped in during the game.