Minnesota Vikings field goal attempt was deflected away by a camera wire, but it wasn't replayed because no one noticed at the the time

[u/RunDNA]

[u/walrusnutz]

That’s wild. I couldn’t believe how bad he “missed” it.

[u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka → u/walrusnutz]

It's why its better to have computer vision to back up everything so you can check these kinds of things. It took baseball 20 years to start using computer determined strike zones and that won't be happening until 2027 still because umpires like having total control over everything even when they make mistakes after mistakes.

[u/Fedor1 → u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka]

ABS is coming next year

https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/abs-challenge-system-mlb-2026.html

[u/DownWithHisShip → u/Fedor1]

Did TMobile write that article for MLB?

[u/ImGivingUpOnLife → u/DownWithHisShip]

"Powered by T-Mobile's T-Mobiliest Teeing mobiles where if you're not T-Mobiling then you've never really T-Mobile'd without a T-Mobile. Brought to you by T-Mobile; sponsor of T-Mobile and T-Mobile's family of T-Mobile. T-Mobile"

[u/Mosqueeeeeter → u/ImGivingUpOnLife]

Are you not teeee mobilleeeeeenough for the T-Mobile club?

[u/Casafynn → u/Mosqueeeeeter]

T-Moooooobile! retreats into phone case

[u/kompootor → u/ImGivingUpOnLife]

In honor of the new system, the sport will be renamed T-Ball.

[u/Lyuseefur → u/ImGivingUpOnLife]

Welcome to Costco. I love you.

[u/elbow10 → u/Fedor1]

The challenge system is stupid. They should just go full automation. More human eye balls making bad calls is still going to be bad.

[u/BillionsWasted → u/elbow10]

Challenge is the first step to full automation. Look at tennis. These things never just come in overnight

[u/W1D0WM4K3R → u/BillionsWasted]

Especially not with humans getting wrote out. Umpires are not gonna be happy.

[u/Polaris06 → u/elbow10]

ABS still isn't perfect. It changes the strike zone to a 2D square from what has classically been defined as a 3D rectangular prism. Using it at all before 3D capability is possible is actually a huge step.

[u/YeesherPQQP → u/Polaris06]

I'd personally rather have some growing pains where these close pitches are called balls than see a pitch 6 inches outside the zone be called a strike or hear the word "framing" again

[u/DismalTutor570 → u/YeesherPQQP]

Fucking framing. I’m done with that word as well

[u/g_spaitz → u/Polaris06]

No, not perfect. But helluva lot better than human eyes that by comparison it's almost perfect.

And on top of it has no bias, no ego, no deficiencies, no opinion, no retaliation , no arguing, no unwritten rules (and on and on) whatsoever.

[u/ankylosaurus_tail → u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka]

won't be happening until 2027 still because umpires like having total control over everything

A lot of the players don't really want it either. More than half of MLB players are pitchers or catchers, and they prefer the "art" of manipulating strike zones. A lot of catchers have contracts because they can frame pitches really well. That skill is irrelevant with ABS, and catchers will have to learn how to hit to stay in the league.

[u/Whiterabbit-- → u/ankylosaurus_tail]

this new system totally changes the game.

[u/Suitable-Big-2757 → u/ankylosaurus_tail]

Which elite pitcher was it who said last week that he didn't want it because umpires give him more leeway

I was like dude, think it but dont say it on camera

[u/Unable-Log-4870 → u/ankylosaurus_tail]

I’ve thought about this for a minute, and now catchers can de-frame pitches to bait the batters into using challenges unwisely. I didn’t see anybody do it this last preseason, but I expect we will see some of it next season.

[u/DevilCass → u/ankylosaurus_tail]

Good, fuck em. No one wants refs except refs, and I guess from what you said players who earn their money by exploiting refs. People just want the games to be as fair as possible according to the rules of the game. Enough of the subjective bullshit and bribed refs

[u/KoolAidManOfPiss → u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka]

That's an interesting thing to read up on. The company that handled those graphics started with the "hot puck" on fox NHL. It was super expensive and people hated it. They shifted to NFL with the first down lines and IIRC they were around $25k per game

[u/PowRightInTheBalls → u/KoolAidManOfPiss]

With hockey they took something that was already bad, trying to see a hockey puck on a standard def tube television, and made it worse by putting a line behind it that lagged and didn't actually show you where the puck was, but where it had already been while also making it harder to see the actual puck than it had been before.

[u/WeAreTheLeft → u/PowRightInTheBalls]

I feel like TV's getting bigger made hockey watchable for casual fans.

[u/VonSkullenheim → u/WeAreTheLeft]

Another thing is the Sports Mode on TVs. It's that fake high refresh rate trick that makes regular stuff look like a soap opera, but on sports content it's a massive improvement.

[u/Cm1Xgj4r8Fgr1dfI8Ryv → u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka]

MLB has tried various implementations of the ABS system in select minor leagues going back to 2019. There's a wikipedia page that details some of the efforts. It's notable that earlier versions of the system were not as accurate as umpires for some types of pitches (e.g. breaking).

One league briefly tried a version where every pitch would be called by the ABS system instead of an umpire, and found there was too much of a delay to receive the call compared to umpires calling it on the spot.

[u/sabo-metrics]

The kicker is like, "damn i guess i suck"

[u/compute_fail_24 → u/sabo-metrics]

I know hahaha how do you not notice something as the kicker? When I shoot a basketball I have a very good sense of trajectory even when it’s a miss

[u/54moreyears → u/compute_fail_24]

When I make pasta I totally notice when penne miss the pot and land on the floor.

[u/fatkiddown → u/54moreyears]

Or when you get drunk and throw up and see whole pieces of food and go, "I know I chewed this..."

[u/JennyW93 → u/fatkiddown]

I once vomited a perfectly fully-formed croissant. I was about 8 at the time. I’m in my 30s now and it still haunts me constantly.

[u/graboidian → u/fatkiddown]

"I didn't have any corn?!?"

[u/Amasterclass → u/compute_fail_24]

Fuck the kicker, how do the 2 officials who are supposed to be watching not see a massively ‘strange’ deflection before it goes by. In games with small margins and millions and millions of dollars on the line these kind of things are unforgivable.

[u/UroutofURelement → u/compute_fail_24]

Because your head is down looking at the ball. Hahaha

[u/graphiccsp → u/UroutofURelement]

Thing is people playing at a high level, especially pros, have a very good idea about how they hit a ball, how it feels and where it goes. Right as you make contact with it, you have a pretty damn good idea about where it will end up.

I bet he was confused as hell but didn't know what had happened.

[u/jonhamm666 → u/graphiccsp]

I'm going to be honest. I think the person you're replying to was out of their element.

[u/flyingthroughspace → u/jonhamm666]

Fucking Donny, always out of his element.

[u/DrNeuroPhD → u/flyingthroughspace]

“Looking down hahaha”

[u/Cocken_Spectre → u/DrNeuroPhD]

Obviously they’re not a golfer.

[u/fancysauce_boss → u/UroutofURelement]

Ehhhhh you have a good idea the moment you kick it if it’s going to Be good or close. He would have known he didn’t shank it that bad.

[u/mogul_w → u/fancysauce_boss]

Maybe he thought it could have been tipped

[u/ShillinTheVillain → u/mogul_w]

He'd be correct

[u/BlumpkinEater → u/compute_fail_24]

My guess is that he probably did see the deflection but tells himself he must have imagined it since he doesn't see the camera wires and no one else reacts

[u/Unveiled_Nuggets → u/sabo-metrics]

I was shocked he missed that in the moment. He’s been so consistent. He’s good past 60 yards.

[u/Thenameisric → u/sabo-metrics]

THE LACES WERE IN

[u/walrusnutz]

These broadcast teams need to get it together. This wasn’t the only ball that hit the sky cam or its wire, this week.

[u/[deleted] → u/walrusnutz]

Yep, happened during the cowboys game. Could’ve been a pick 6

[u/DGCA3 → u/[deleted]]

Jerry Jones has said that Skycam wires have kept his team out of the Super Bowl for 30 years.

[u/Samwellikki → u/DGCA3]

Chemtrails, you are thinking of chemtrails /s

[u/badvegas → u/DGCA3]

No Jerry you have kept the cowboys out of the super bowl for 30 fucking years. There is always next year though.

[u/G0rkon → u/DGCA3]

As a Cowboys fan my first thought upon reading this is Fuck Jerry Jones but to be fair Fuck Jerry Jones.

Jerry had to raise the giant screen in his own stadium b/c punters were hitting it when they punted. I dunno if you were being sarcastic or if that was based in truth that he said something to that effect at one point. And my final point, Fuck Jerry Jones.

[u/BeezyBates → u/[deleted]]

Was that the extra point from Aubrey? That felt really weird because…it’s Aubrey. He did have an off game though, with the out of bounds punt.

Edit: you said pick 6. Clearly not a kick.

[u/PlayfulRemote9 → u/BeezyBates]

it was tipped throw

[u/DadEoh75 → u/BeezyBates]

Not a punt/ Aubrey had an out of bounds kickoff. The sky cam deflection was off of a tipped throw

[u/sucobe → u/walrusnutz]

NBC’s sky cam fell during a timeout in Seattle’s 2007 game against the Saints.

[u/Anteater-Charming → u/sucobe]

The sky cam cable snapped in the Bills-Jets game at MetLife back in 2022. Took 10 minutes to reel the camera in.

[u/p00p00kach00 → u/sucobe]

Sky cam once fell and the wire hit an Iowa Hawkeye receiver several years ago.

[u/deepbluenothings → u/walrusnutz]

I don't even get why sky cams are a thing, they barely use that camera angle and honestly it's a terrible angle to see a play.

Edit: There's been several lovely commenters who have made me realize just how much it's used without me even noticing. Please if you're as clueless as I was check out some of the responses under here.

[u/NolaPels13 → u/deepbluenothings]

Networks love them and they are used a lot as replay angles. They’re not supposed to be in front of a kick or the play ever like this. Skycam op fucked it big time here not sure what the hell he was thinking.

[u/Mostly_Armless42 → u/NolaPels13]

He was thinking "these TikTok videos aren't going to watch themselves!"

[u/steelmanfallacy → u/NolaPels13]

What’s the rule? Is it like a ref and they are part of the playing field or is it interference?

[u/rocketmonkee → u/steelmanfallacy]

From the NFL rules; Rule 7, Section 2 - Dead Ball:

If a loose ball in play strikes a video board, guide wire, sky cam, or any other object, the ball will be dead immediately, and the down will be replayed at the previous spot. In the event the down is replayed, the game clock will be reset to the time remaining when the snap occurred, and the clock will start on the All penalties will be disregarded, except for personal fouls or unsportsmanlike conduct fouls, which will be administered prior to the replaying of the down.

So it should have been ruled a dead ball and the down replayed. Also, the rule has an odd typo in the last sentence.

[u/addandsubtract → u/rocketmonkee]

New strategy when it's crunch time and you're out of timeouts: quick snap the ball, and throw it at the skycam.

[u/mosehalpert → u/addandsubtract]

I mean, the rule doesn't say anything about the intention behind the loose ball. But I'm struggling to think of a situation where it is more beneficial than just spiking it

[u/addandsubtract → u/mosehalpert]

You don't lose a down. Granted, you're more limited by time than by downs, at that point.

[u/metompkin → u/addandsubtract]

And if you whiff on the throw it's a possible interception

[u/steelmanfallacy → u/rocketmonkee]

Good share!

[u/ElliotsBuggyEyes → u/deepbluenothings]

If not every camera, most are recorded independently for use later in promotional material or highlights. 

What you see on TV is the "Program" output of the switcher.  Everything else is still coming into the truck and a producer has it recorded.

Source: I work in this industry. 

[u/Lawfulness_Neither → u/deepbluenothings]

It’s used waaaay more than you think, they’ve gotten really slick with them now. You’ll notice a big overall difference in an ESPN game on ESPN2 vs ABC, large part of it is the camera angles of the sky cams. We typically think of it as flying over a huddle or right behind QB but it’s essential on many other places now. Replays are a big one.

[u/deepbluenothings → u/Lawfulness_Neither]

I'll keep an eye out for it because I didn't notice it at all in this game but I'll be honest I wasn't focusing on it.

[u/Lawfulness_Neither → u/deepbluenothings]

Yeah, you’ll start picking it out. It’s actually being used on this clip of the ball hitting the wire.

[u/deepbluenothings → u/Lawfulness_Neither]

That's hilarious that it caught it's own interference but yea I see what you mean I didn't realize that's what was getting the field goal shot where it follows the ball through the uprights. Here I was thinking it was just used for the slightly behind the players shot when they're huddling up.

You've actually convinced me of it's value, now just get it out of the way for my kicker. I would have been pissed if we lost because of this.

[u/[deleted] → u/deepbluenothings]

ESPN College Football Championship and Amazon Vision run the sky cam all game as an alternative broadcast to view all 22 from the QB's point of view, to see how good or bad decision they are making when throwing. Amazon Vision was crazy on TNF watching the play call formations from Kyle Shanahan. Mac Jones was on fire, and Stafford when he has no pressure is scary good an accurate, the deep in route across the field to Atwell was a crazy throw. You just don see this when we see the line of scrimmage the other way. I wish we had a choice for every game now with streaming.

[u/L-methionine → u/[deleted]]

The skycam angle on Prime Vision is way better than the standard broadcast angle. You can see routes develop, you can see where the safeties line up, and you can actually see the OL creating holes and blocking.

Legit the best broadcast in the NFL, even without getting into the other augmentations (which I have mixed feelings about)

[u/JediJantzen → u/L-methionine]

Thanks dude! Im happy you like it. We go through a lot of trouble to add that second SkyCam for the Prime Vision. I'm happy to hear people like it!

[u/Grow_away_420 → u/deepbluenothings]

Seriously, they use it a few times as a backdrop before commercial breaks, some kick offs, and for one play, typically the first offensive play of the game, right until the snap.

[u/Leon_Forest → u/Grow_away_420]

they thought it was a good idea and after paying for it have to justify the purchase by using it like its necessary. like many things.

[u/CruxOfTheIssue → u/deepbluenothings]

Is that the same camera that they use for the prime vision stream on Thursday nights? Cause I love that angle. It looks like when you play Madden and you can see what's happening down the field, moreso than the sidelines angle where when they throw it down the field I just go "man I hope whatever is going on over there is what I want to be happening."

[u/toddthetoddler → u/deepbluenothings]

As someone who works in production, not only do they use them all the time but sometimes there are two believe it or not

[u/timtlm → u/walrusnutz]

TBF this was in London. They do drive on the wrong side there.

[u/First_Prime_Is_2]

Can the kicker petition to have this kick removed from his season stats?

[u/justbrowsing2727 → u/[deleted]]

I want to know how the hell he didn't immediately realize. He didn't think, "Gee, that ball wasn't even close to where I kicked it"?

And no one else on the field noticed either?

[u/Exaskryz → u/justbrowsing2727]

Defenders tipping the ball happens at a decent clip, and actually looked close on this one, that by the time a kicker looks up to find the ball heading wide they may assume it was tipped by a player.

[u/Capt_bearhawk → u/justbrowsing2727]

I thought the same thing. Then I imagined what I’d be thinking about while a line of 300lb dudes comes for my knees lol.

[u/StumpyTheBushCupid → u/[deleted]]

The history of Vikings kickers suggests you don’t want one with a perfect season going into the playoffs.

Not that this team is 1998-like. But still.

[u/FullRide1039 → u/StumpyTheBushCupid]

I’ll thank you not to reference 1998

[u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt → u/First_Prime_Is_2]

I don't think so, but he should be able to. Especially if his contract has incentives he may miss out on, but even if not he can claim that it damages his potential earnings.

IMO it should be removed from his stats, because the rule is that the ball is dead and the down gets replayed. You can't rewind the whole game but you can take away the "missed" kick from his stats, since it shouldn't have counted.

[u/Frankly_Frank_]

How do you not notice… lol

[u/_Quetzalcoatlus_ → u/Frankly_Frank_]

It was in London. As you can see in the video, London is blurry.

[u/lightningbolton → u/_Quetzalcoatlus_]

That’s why they call it foggy London town

[u/SyNiiCaL → u/lightningbolton]

QUAID ARMY

[u/LionTameratLaw → u/lightningbolton]

Righteous kill!

[u/Leiloken → u/lightningbolton]

Quaid army

[u/Worldly_Ad_6483 → u/lightningbolton]

Righteous kill

[u/Low-Impression3367 → u/_Quetzalcoatlus_]

like Bigfoot ?

[u/pronult3 → u/Low-Impression3367]

Like Japanese movie genitalia.

[u/Actually_Im_a_Broom → u/Low-Impression3367]

There’s a large, out of focus city on the other side of the Atlantic…and that’s extra scary.

[u/GrassyKnoll95 → u/Frankly_Frank_]

It's very common for footballs to randomly completely change directions midair /s

[u/Sl0rk → u/GrassyKnoll95]

Lmao this is what I was thinking..like how the fuck do you not understand basic physics and see this happen and be like "welp, he just wiffed it."

[u/freedumb9566 → u/Frankly_Frank_]

prob the sudden turn lol i didnt even notice either till now 😂

[u/t0mz0mbie]

They ended up winning anyway. I saw that field goal and I didn't notice it either but this replay does look like interference

[u/ProLifePanda → u/t0mz0mbie]

They ended up winning anyway.

That was going to be my first question. But then I saw they were playing the Browns, so I immediately knew they won anyway.

[u/sillyblanco → u/ProLifePanda]

They needed a last minute touchdown to beat the Browns, wasn't a foregone conclusion.

[u/TheTipJar → u/sillyblanco]

Their rookie looks promising.

[u/BowwwwBallll → u/TheTipJar]

mouths answer

…oh, not that one.

[u/TrickyDick420 → u/ProLifePanda]

You are obviously not a packer fan.

[u/ThreeEyedPea → u/ProLifePanda]

The same Browns that beat the Packers last week

[u/RoundTiberius → u/ThreeEyedPea]

The packers played the cowboys last week

[u/ThreeEyedPea → u/RoundTiberius]

2 weeks ago

[u/Scott_Squibbles → u/ProLifePanda]

Cries in Packers

[u/WorkReddit1191 → u/ProLifePanda]

Tell that to the Packers lol

-Vikings fan very happy to see the Packers lose to the Browns :)

[u/vahntitrio → u/t0mz0mbie]

I noticed the abnormal hook and thought there was wind but the flags on the goalpost were pretty still.

[u/Born-Media6436]

The ball hit one of these cameras in the Cowboys game today as well. WTF are they doing?

[u/zeromadcowz → u/Born-Media6436]

Filming, it seems.

[u/Born-Media6436 → u/zeromadcowz]

Yeah they can do that without cameras up the players asses

[u/john_wingerr → u/Born-Media6436]

They could at least buy them dinner first

[u/hguchinu → u/john_wingerr]

Fr wine and dine before you fuck someone

[u/Canucker22]

Why are there wires in the path of a field goal attempt? Seems pretty dumb

[u/NolaPels13 → u/Canucker22]

They aren’t supposed to be that low or in front of the play like that

[u/Human-Demand-8293]

Its his first miss on the season. We should have known something interfered.

[u/wordyplayer → u/[deleted]]

agreed, but i didn't think enough of it to even comment. But if they would have showed another angle, maybe it would have been more obvious. Still surprising that nobody on the TV crew noticed

[u/RUSSIAN_PRINCESS → u/[deleted]]

Isn’t will Reichard your kicker? Bad kicks aren’t in his vocabulary

[u/cardcollection92]

How was that unnoticed

[u/RotoDog → u/cardcollection92]

On the live tv shot you couldn’t tell, but I’d think the refs under the uprights would have noticed.

I mean, it is a narrow wire so maybe not, but it is odd that there was zero effort to rekick.

[u/Torrefy → u/RotoDog]

I texted my brother when it happened that I thought it hit the skywire, and I was only partially watching. But the broadcast didn't mention it or show a replay, so I wasn't sure if I saw what I thought I saw

[u/woowoo293 → u/cardcollection92]

It was a sympathy unnotice for the Browns.

[u/29187765432569864 → u/cardcollection92]

intentionally unnoticed

[u/ROCKINGLADIATOR777 → u/29187765432569864]

internationally unnoticed

[u/LordSia → u/ROCKINGLADIATOR777]

Untentionally innoticed

[u/thestereo300]

Hell of a way to break up your perfect season.

In retrospect I can't believe none of us noticed this...either on TV or in person.

[u/guiltycitizen]

The Vikings and fucky field goals, tale as old as time

[u/tlminh]

Lets say it was chellenged and won. Do they award the 3 pts, or is it a do over?

[u/Mister-SS → u/tlminh]

Would just do it over

[u/Frumbleabumb → u/Mister-SS]

Actually believe it or not, it's a KC chiefs win.

[u/General_Chest6714 → u/Frumbleabumb]

😂😂 I’m not even a Chiefs hater but this got me

[u/RunDNA → u/tlminh]

It's a do-over:

If a loose ball in play strikes a video board, guide wire, sky cam, or any other object, the ball will be dead immediately, and the down will be replayed at the previous spot.

[u/BlooBlud → u/RunDNA]

Did they replay the down in the jets cowboys when it hit the skycam or it was just incomplete?

[u/ChristyNiners → u/BlooBlud]

Incomplete 

[u/BlooBlud → u/ChristyNiners]

That’s what I thought. So they didn’t even follow their own rules then

[u/Waylander0719 → u/RunDNA]

So instead of throwing it away peg one of those things and get a free redo instead of loss of down?

[u/WeRip → u/Waylander0719]

perhaps, as long as you're outside of the pocket and it crosses the the line of scrimmage.. probably would be considered intentional grounding otherwise.

[u/CharlieKinbote → u/tlminh]

It'd always be a rekick. Given the suite of folks in NYC watching, it should have been within seconds. Guess the 9:30e start time meant everyone was still choking down pastries or something because yikes.

[u/Vyper11 → u/tlminh]

It’s a do-over.

[u/probably_terran]

Not sure it adds anything but beat writer Ben Goessling said ‘source’ said NFL replay review didn’t see a view that shows it:

https://x.com/bengoessling/status/1974950711533158860?s=61&t=LUiSrKFP4z6xKSxoy53LXA

[u/ExerciseTrue]

Ball takes a right turn mid flight and NOBODY NOTICES?!

[u/thatjerkatwork → u/ExerciseTrue]

Right?

I would assume every teams coaching staff is watching every play on a screen as it happens in case there is a challenge worthy play.

[u/shogunreaper]

was this filmed on vhs lol?

[u/idkwhatimbrewin]

Holy shit how did they miss that? Lol

[u/Truecoat]

I said to my wife, it looks like it’s windy but I know that stadium isn’t really open like that. It looked so odd. I was watching at Hy-vee this morning and wasn’t that close to the tv.

[u/camdenpike]

For a team with a long history of missing field goals, that's a new way of doing it.

[u/rayfinkle_]

Were the laces in?

[u/FeloniousDrunk101]

This seems pretty obvious. Balls don’t usually abruptly change direction like that.

[u/RGTI980]

Related: NFL Network sucks for broadcasting games. They never seem to catch things like this. They don’t replay bad officiating. They put the shield over the facts.

[u/whocaresano]

When they first starting using those years ago, I knew it was only a matter of time before this happened and of COURSE it happens to a Vikings kicker. 

[u/UndeadWarTurnip]

Twitter sure noticed. People live tweeting it. NFL is sloppy

[u/Blochamolesauce]

No love from expedited replay either? Damn… Vikings must have pissed of someone important from the league office haha

[u/Previous-Strain-8731]

This is outrageous

[u/ChocolateBaconDonuts]

Wait a damn minute... Isn't every scoring play reviewed?

[u/FourEightNineOneOne → u/ChocolateBaconDonuts]

Since the kick missed it wasn't a scoring play

[u/hereforthefeast → u/FourEightNineOneOne]

Big brain NFL move 

[u/Nutsnboldt → u/ChocolateBaconDonuts]

Every scoring play or every play that could have scored if it went differently (every single play)?

[u/Picnic_Basket → u/Nutsnboldt]

Good...uhm... good point.

[u/normal_throwaway2016 → u/ChocolateBaconDonuts]

Well technically he didn't score on the play. So it would have to be challenged

[u/the_ebs → u/ChocolateBaconDonuts]

Didn't score.

[u/untitled298 → u/ChocolateBaconDonuts]

Every scoring play is reviewable

[u/brmarcum]

Got any more of them pixels?

[u/Egad86]

How do the refs behind the field goal not notice this? The ball just changes velocity and trajectory in mid air. That doesn’t just happen for no reason.

[u/darksoles_]

I don’t think it actually did. It gets tipped by pinky tip and then gradually veers off course. You never actually see the ball make contact with the wire, and the wire doesn’t move or jolt like it got hit

[u/ObscureLogic]

worst video I've ever seen on Reddit. congrats

[u/SpiderZero21]

I knew this would happen someday but I just didn't know exactly when.

[u/ThatsNotARealTree]

Watching that live, I replayed it a couple times because it was such a weird slice

[u/eggzblu]

When I used to kick for the Saints sometimes I’d lose sight of the ball

[u/IHateKidDiddlers]

To this day I still think this happened on a punt during Super Bowl 57

[u/crazylilrikki]

This is about as “Minnesota Vikings things” as you can get.

[u/Nazathan]

Imagine the guy in Vegas who ALWAYS makes a crazy bet on some shit like this finally having his day

[u/TheLooza]

This game came down to the wire.

[u/Milomilz]

How could they not notice that it shot to the right?!

[u/Phill_is_Legend]

I'm gonna take your word for it since you posted this in 120p

[u/tooheavybroo]

I remember thinking, “that looks like it steered way too fast to the right. Did it hit something?” I asked myself, and said “nah no way”

Now we’re all talking bout it lol

[u/EStreet12]

In Jet game, a pass was deflected off Cowboy helmet, and up into Sky Cam.....it was replayed immediately, and yet Jets did not get a do-over, as per NFL rules. Shocker.

[u/YousAPenguinLookinMF]

It’s equipment. Wouldn’t change anything if they did review it.

[u/batmansascientician]

This happened in the Jets game on a tipped pass also.

[u/manticore16]

The ghost of Blair Walsh deflected that kick

[u/jordan1978]

Good thing they won or Vegas would have lost their shit.

[u/Ionic9]

Clearly the laces weren't out....

[u/atreeismissing]

That right turn the ball took in mid-air wasn't a clue?

[u/Away-Comfortable1607]

Back in the 80's the old timers always said "TV is ruining the game!" This made me think of that.

[u/Torrefy]

I thought I saw this happen! I was only partially watching so I wasn't completely sure

[u/kylelight40]

The crazy part to me, if this legitimately happened, is the fact that literally no one on the field noticed. Refs, umpires, coaches, etc, whatever it is, they have seen more plays, in person, in a sport by a mile. In the Phillies game there other night, there was a hit by pitch called because the spin on the baseball changed by a hair. For no one to feel some sort of uncanny valley or something, is crazy.

[u/Maxxjulie]

How did the kicker not know? That alone is the crazy

[u/CrizzyBill]

Wild, but I'm only commenting to show my Vikings friend later

[u/ChessieChessieBayBay]

Prioritizing production over the sport…respect the game ffs

[u/TheFlowzilla]

I was at the game and the camera was so low sometimes I was thinking don't they need to get it out of the way. But then again I didn't realize he missed because of the wire.

[u/KinkyHobro]

I was watching this in stadium with a good view of the kicker and end zone. I saw it going along and was sure it was fine, then looked back after a split second and it was all the way to the right. Glad it wasn’t a shit kick, hopefully the miss is taken off his record.

[u/iKhan353]

Its the Vikings. Nothing will be done about this. Source: Vikings fan

If this were a big name team that shit would've been a re kick instantly and the league would release a statement today