Bengals’ Joe Mixon Takes A Shot At The NFL With Coin Toss TD Celebration

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Cincinnati Bengals players are apparently still salty over the NFL’s coin toss decision.

Earlier this week, the NFL decided that If the Bengals lose to the Ravens on Sunday, a coin toss would decide homefield advantage if the two teams meet in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.

The Bengals were not happy with the decision.

Via ESPN

Bengals coach Zac Taylor already has voiced his opposition to the NFL’s new playoff scenarios, but many in the Cincinnati organization are livid about a decision they feel penalizes the Bengals and rewards the Ravens, per sources.

The league told Cincinnati it should be happy it has been declared the AFC North winner, but the Bengals were furious the rules were changed on the fly and their playoff path intentionally altered.

If the Bengals had beaten the Bills on Monday night in a game that was ultimately canceled after the cardiac arrest of Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin, Cincinnati might not have had anything to play for Sunday and could have opted to rest some players. Now the Bengals have to win Sunday to avoid a potential coin flip that would determine the site of next weekend’s possible wild-card game against Baltimore, and they will have to play players who otherwise might not have been out there.

On Sunday, Bengals running back Joe Mixon mocked the NFL by pulling a coin out his sock and flipping it in the end zone after a touchdown.