ESPN
We have a new Laurel or Yanny, blue/gold dress situation on our hands.
Before overtime of Monday Night Football’s Seahawks-Niners game, Seahawks QB Geno Smith was asked to call heads or tails to see which team gets the ball.
Smith made the call and the referee believed that he called heads but many fans who watched the game live believed Smith called tails.
Geno Smith calls tails during OT coin flip
Ref says he called Heads
Seahawks given ball
Ladies and Gentleman, NFL officiating… 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/Y1WRk4rKfx
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) November 12, 2019
Here is some video AND audio.
Geno Smith says TAILS! pic.twitter.com/sKczG8yYaV— 𝙅𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙧𝙮 𝙊'𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣 (@RadioPal1580) November 12, 2019
Others clearly heard heads and now NFL fans are debating
We have another laurel/yanny.
SETTLE THIS.
DID GENO SAY HEADS OR TAILS? pic.twitter.com/0cTaqzwOit
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) November 12, 2019
I heard tails the first time and heads the second, this is legitimately hilarious https://t.co/zHz7DUmnab
— TOM MARTIN (@TwoCirclesTom) November 12, 2019
That’s crazy, watching last night I heard tails but now I’m hearing heads https://t.co/Tweubf8uRi
— Mogul Boy (@1Bilyion) November 12, 2019
I heard both heads and tails wtf https://t.co/ECf56kSoVC
— Ruben 🇲🇽 (@Rsierra239) November 12, 2019
Wow. Had Tails first, then Heads, then Tails again. 🤷🏼♂️ https://t.co/JHdTOoWXkB
— UtahGuy (@gwapojas) November 12, 2019
Some clearer audio appears to show Smith saying Heads but it’s still up for debate.
That’s a good fake. But used my fancy-schmancy machine to replay. pic.twitter.com/xpoC85wxVr
— Dr. Lös Real Polyamorous Tantric Sex Guru (@LosRealAli) November 12, 2019
Pete Carroll found a secret overtime weapon: a backup quarterback who developed a country accent while playing in West Virginia that gives him an amorphous method of saying heads or tails guaranteeing success on the coin toss no matter what.
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) November 12, 2019