Joe Mixon of the NFL’s Bengals strolls with a coin-op celebration

CINCINNATI – In case it wasn’t obvious enough, the Bengals are running back Joe Mixon Remind everyone how Cincinnati feels about currency fluctuations.

Mixon dominated the NFL with his coin touchdown celebration after he scored it in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. After Mixon scored on a 1-yard touchdown run, he pulled a coin-op from his glove and flipped it into the end zone, followed by an emphatic kick in the air after a touchdown.

The celebration comes on the day Cincinnati might lose a potential playoff game at home with the flip of a coin. On Friday, the NFL approved a competition commission ruling stating that the location of a potential wild card game Baltimore-Cincinnati could be turned into a coin flip. The changes were made after Monday’s game between the Bengals and Buffalo Bills was canceled due to a Bills safety Hamlin devastationHeart failure.

Cincinnati’s players, coaches, and front office were outraged that a home game could not be played at Baycor Stadium despite winning the AFC North title.

On Thursday, Mixon tweeted a section of the rulebook that pertains to playoff seeds in the wake of canceled games. Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn sent a memorandum to all clubs to vote against the proposal, which was eventually approved, according to ESPN’s Seth Wickersham. And on Friday, Bengals coach Zack Taylor criticized the rule changes.

“But it seems there are positives for a lot of teams and only negatives for us,” Taylor said. “So we have a chance to play for a coin flip. It can only affect us negatively. We don’t have a chance to play for a coin flip that will affect us positively.”

All the fear of rule changes was destined to be moot by early Sunday afternoon. One drive after Mixon scored, the Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow I found a wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase for a 26-yard touchdown run to give Cincinnati a 17-0 lead with 14:06 left in the first half, and Cincinnati led 24-7 at halftime.

If the Bengals beat the Ravens, they will host a wild card game at home. A coin flip scenario comes into play if the Ravens win and the Chargers win in Denver. The Ravens and Chargers have identical records, but Los Angeles will get a #5 seed while Baltimore will get a third game against Cincinnati. The reward for the No. 6-seed Ravens sweeping the Bengals, with a division title loss, will be a coin-flip opportunity to host third-seed Cincinnati in the playoffs. Had the Bills-Bengals game been played to completion and Buffalo had won, it would have been a Week 18 match-up between Baltimore and Cincinnati for the AFC North title.

The coin flip, if required, will be held after the game but before the Chargers contest.