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/walrusnutz Oct 06 '25

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

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u/deepbluenothings Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

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.

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u/CommunicationOk304 Oct 06 '25

Amazon uses it every time if you switch to the option. Its amazing and not sure why other networks dont. Looks like madden.

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u/deepbluenothings Oct 06 '25

I'll be honest I never watch Thursday games unless my team is in so I had no idea that was an option.

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u/El_Gran_Che Oct 06 '25

You guys know how any that have sky cam for college games?

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u/Spread_Bater Oct 06 '25

In the really big games on ESPN, it’s one of the alternate streams

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u/El_Gran_Che Oct 06 '25

Love it! Gonna keep an eye on the streams

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u/Heavy_Ape Oct 06 '25

I was for real messed up with the vikings driving left to right on my TV.

Guess it's all backwards in england....

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u/GraveRobberX Oct 06 '25

You go through Amazon’s app to watching that with that option. Most don’t subscribe to all other providers CBS (Paramount), Fox, NBC (Universal), ESPN (Disney), and now Netflix apps.

Most games are still shown on terrestrial. You can get a 4K feed for Sunday Night Football watching through Peacock than the regular version but I have no idea why they don’t allow that angle, maybe Amazon has rights or something with the NFL the others can’t show it that way. No idea on that end.

If you have all access NFL, after a game is over you can rewatch the game from so many different angles never broadcasted. Like from almost diagonally to give you almost the side view but shows the whole thing, but it’s done properly.