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The Dallas Cowboys took Texas A&M's Stephen McGee in the fourth round of this year's NFL Draft in order to shore up the weakest part of their game last year: the coin toss.
Last year, 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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