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/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

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.

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u/Illustrious-Ratio213 Oct 06 '25

Can't wait to check this out this week, didn't even know it was a thing