Matthew Slater could not escape the memes even though the New England Patriots’ poor decision to kickoff at the start of overtime was not his.
Slater, a team captain, elected to kick after winning the coin toss in overtime against the New York Jets. The Jets took the ball and scored, ending the game immediately.
Making the surreal scene even more unbelievable was that Slater seemed confused about the team’s decision to kick (it came out after the game that Coach Bill Belichick was responsible for the decision). The result was he got the Steve Harvey meme treatment:
Yooo pic.twitter.com/WItDNjSKRu
— Scott Hale (@Halestormsports) December 27, 2015
People are so quick pic.twitter.com/HZyIb7zOX8
— Jasmin Medar (@JasminMedar) December 27, 2015
SLATER: "We won the coin toss, dont we get to choose? We'll take the ball"
REFS: "The Patriots have elected to kick" pic.twitter.com/rybjZovBZL
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) December 27, 2015
"The Patriots have elected to kickoff in Overtime." pic.twitter.com/OEiwUXf7do
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) December 27, 2015
If anyone needs a new avi. You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/dgONrVLyUQ
— Erika Esola-Imburgio (@emesola) December 27, 2015
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) December 27, 2015
