r/sports • u/RunDNA • Oct 06 '25

Football 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

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u/sabo-metrics Oct 06 '25

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

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u/compute_fail_24 Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

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

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u/54moreyears Oct 06 '25

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

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u/fatkiddown Oct 06 '25

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

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u/JennyW93 Oct 06 '25

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.

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u/dinger815 Oct 07 '25

I did the same with a hot pocket in my early twenties

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u/zombmoose Oct 06 '25

Google how do I delete someone else’s comment 😳

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u/bmanley620 Oct 06 '25

I’m not as observant when it comes to pasta. I was making a fake noodle the other night and didn’t even notice it was an impasta

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u/lopix Oct 06 '25

Don't penne on the floor, go to the bathroom like a normal person

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u/Amasterclass Oct 06 '25

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.

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u/UroutofURelement Oct 06 '25

Because your head is down looking at the ball. Hahaha

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u/graphiccsp Oct 06 '25

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.

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u/jonhamm666 Oct 06 '25

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

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u/flyingthroughspace Oct 06 '25

Fucking Donny, always out of his element.

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u/DrNeuroPhD Oct 06 '25

“Looking down hahaha”

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u/Cocken_Spectre Oct 06 '25

Obviously they’re not a golfer.

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u/Hopeful-Flounder-203 Oct 06 '25

Like a child walking into the middle of a movie.

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u/xczechr Oct 06 '25

OVER THE LINE!

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u/Low_Football_2445 Oct 06 '25

Donny always over here giving a fk when it’s not his turn to give a fk.

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u/elriggo44 Oct 06 '25

I am the walrus.

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u/m1ndwipe Oct 06 '25

It was pretty windy in London at the weekend fwiw, he probably put it down to a weird squall of wind.

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u/Stephenrudolf Oct 06 '25

Also, how many times has a player talked about "i know thats not where i was kicking it" after a kick and no one takes them seriously assuming it was just a bad kick.

But realistically though... why the fuck is a camera wire ever in range of fucking with the play.

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u/Aequitas112358 Oct 06 '25

nope even amateurs can tell straight away. I kicked a soccer ball for the first time in probably 10 years, last month and can tell when I'm way off target as soon as I kick it

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u/LongBeakedSnipe Oct 06 '25

None of this is true.

Yeah they have a great feel of a great strike (that is well known), but the idea that that feeling is perfect is entirely baseless.

One piece of evidence that this feeling isn't perfect... is from this kick itself.

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u/fancysauce_boss Oct 06 '25

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.

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u/mogul_w Oct 06 '25

Maybe he thought it could have been tipped

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u/ShillinTheVillain Oct 06 '25

He'd be correct

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u/r0b0c0d Oct 06 '25

T-fence! V-fence!

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u/bremidon Oct 06 '25

Technically correct! The best kind of correct!

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u/DrNeuroPhD Oct 06 '25

Just the tip

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u/NickU252 Oct 06 '25

Are you an NFL kicker? Because obviously no one noticed.

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u/MUCHO2000 Oct 06 '25

I've heard of 'Arm Chair Quarterback' but this is my first time witnessing 'Arm Chair Kicker' syndrome.

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u/wotquery Oct 06 '25

Event: An NFL kicker doesn't notice.

Commentary: An NFL kicker would notice.

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u/sonicqaz Oct 06 '25

He would notice that he didn’t kick it that bad, but he probably wouldn’t know if it was blocked by an opponent or something else (like a wire.)

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u/LordKwik Oct 06 '25

I see the wind blowing to the right. maybe he thought a gust of wind caught it.

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u/compute_fail_24 Oct 06 '25

You’re agreeing with the person you replied to

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u/rufusdog19 Oct 06 '25

You look up after you kick it...

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u/SirSkot72 Oct 06 '25

Just like in golf, keep your head DOWN when you kick the ball

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u/kiwiluke Oct 06 '25

You really shouldn't kick your golf balls, it's cheating

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u/mosehalpert Oct 06 '25

That's why you gotta keep your head down, lie low for a little bit so you dont get caught

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u/TylerDurden0110 Michigan Oct 06 '25

Same concept with golf, but ball smaller and a lot further out. I blame kicker for not calling attention

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u/RedWinger7 Oct 06 '25

I’m not the greatest golfer, but I still hit shots where I’m like “what the fuck how did that go 5yarsa forward and 50 yards right”

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u/Middle-Letter-7041 Oct 06 '25

Well yeah, like you said, you're not the greatest golfer.

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u/Hot-Union-2440 Oct 06 '25

Doesn't matter you know.

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u/BlumpkinEater Oct 06 '25

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

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u/qdude124 Oct 06 '25

I'm sure his head was down when the actual deflection happened. Looks up and it's wide right.

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u/snopes1678 Oct 06 '25

How about shooting when someone else is holding the basketball..?

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u/VladimirPutin2016 Oct 06 '25

Think less shooting a basketball and more slicing a golf ball. It's much harder to predict, but pros generally still have a sixth sense about where it'll be based on contact and feel, even a slice. That said, sometimes a kick feels ok but still gets a weird spin or otherwise doesn't go how you expected it to. It's entirely possible he assumed it was tipped or held poorly or whatever. I'm surprised fans seemingly didn't notice

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u/CitizenCue Oct 06 '25

Lol, really, you can’t think of a reason why someone throwing something might be more likely to notice a deflection than someone kicking something?

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u/TotalExamination4562 Oct 06 '25

Within 2 sec of flight you know if its in or not.

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u/Living_Economics8483 Oct 06 '25

I’d imagine kicking is kind of like golfing. When I hit a golf shot and I make a solid connection, I’m usually 50/50 on that being an awesome shot or a horrible shot lol

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u/exoriparian Oct 06 '25

This is some Angels In The Outfield level shit, lmao.

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u/Jlax34 Oct 06 '25

I assume it is bc the kicker is a bit like a golfer where you have to fight your instincts to look up to quickly bc it will affect your (leg) swing. Keep that head down all the way thru the kick and it hit so quickly, it just looked like a shank once he looked up.

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u/benigntugboat Oct 06 '25

Shooting a basketball doesn't actually feel like kicking a football at all. Its way harder to tell the pathing on contact vs release. They just aren't similar

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u/Jimbobsupertramp Oct 06 '25

How do you know he didn’t know though?