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- The Chiefs beat the Colts 33-30 in overtime on Sunday Night Football.
- Camryn Bynum won the overtime toss and signaled that Indianapolis would kick.
- Patrick Mahomes interjected, saying the Colts would get the ball first.
The Chiefs’ 33-30 overtime win over the Colts on “Sunday Night Football” featured a little bit of everything.
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And that included an odd coin-toss ahead of overtime at Arrowhead Stadium, which was confusing.
The Colts’ Camryn Bynum won the coin-toss and waved his arms, signifying he didn’t want the ball. But referee Craig Wrolstad repeatedly asked, “Would you like the ball?” Then Wrolstad seemed to figure out the Colts wanted to kick and asked: “You’d like to play defense?”
That is when Mahomes interjected: “They get the ball.” As we saw in Super Bowl LVIII, it’s usually best to have the ball second in overtime and Mahomes tried to make sure Indianapolis was on offense first.
Alas, the referee wasn’t having any of it, and that led to Mahomes saying, “Aw, come on.”
NFL fans may believe that the referees show favoritism toward the Chiefs, but that didn’t go for the coin-toss. But because the cameras were there, it made for a funny moment during what was an entertaining Chiefs win.
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Patrick Mahomes tried tricking the Colts into taking the ball first in overtime 💀 pic.twitter.com/CetBQ0ltj1
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) September 21, 2026
Mahomes explained after the game what he was thinking while talking to the referee after the coin-toss. He made a convincing case that the Chiefs should have kicked off to start overtime because it could have been interpreted that Bynum was trying to defer.
“Well, you’re supposed to say kick off. You can’t defer in overtime,” Mahomes told reporters. “Like if you defer, then it’s my decision. So then I was like, well, I want to kick off. We have a guy named Frasier that tells us the rules, and you’re supposed to kick off. He said defer. So I said, ‘Well, I’ll kick off then.’ That’s the rules, I guess, but didn’t work.”
Although he couldn’t overturn the result of the coin-toss, it was a big night for Mahomes. He completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards with three touchdown throws.
This story was originally published September 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM with the headline “Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes tried to pull a fast one at the overtime coin-toss.”
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