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The Dallas Cowboys took Texas A&M's Stephen McGee in the fourth round of this years NFL Draft in order to shore up the weakest part of their game last year, the coin toss. The Cowboys ranked dead last in coin toss calls, with their record standing at 0-8.

They started the year with Tony Romo as team captain, but his heavily tails favoring coin calls led to the other team choosing which side they wanted each and every game. They made a switch late in the season to Jason Witten, but he fared no better. The coaching staff made coin tosses the focus of voluntary minicamps this offseason, with an entire week spent on practicing flipping coins in the air, making sure they know how to say both "heads" and "tails", and learning the history of minted coins in general.

But the Cowboys management decided it was time to go in a new direction at the position of team captain and drafted McGee, a tough coin guesser from the Big 12 Conference. Mel Kiper said McGee is a bold leader, who takes charge during a coin toss and makes sure there is no doubt about which side he is picking. He is expected to come in and start right away, and could make a huge impact for these Cowboys chances of deferring kickoffs.

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April 28, 2009  10:28 AM ET

This would have been funnier and a bit more apropos if it was related to the Steelers, and also was 3 years ago.

Remember when Bettis called heads inaudibly, and then said tails, and it came up tails, but they gave it to the other team and there was this big hub bub about it for a month. I think it was Bettis... I think it was the Steelers. I could be wrong on all fronts, ehhh.

April 28, 2009  11:24 AM ET

Haha, yes that was the Steelers, but I think it was a long time ago. Look, it took me several years to think of a joke relating to coin tosses. But, better late than never.

 
April 28, 2009  12:46 PM ET

Do not discount the power of the coin toss....

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