During the Browns-Vikings game in Week 5, kicker Will Reichard missed a 51-yarder in what was his first miss of the season. He, and pretty much everyone, believed that the ball had clipped a camera wire. Al Michaels even mentioned it on the broadcast, saying the kick hit the wire. But apparently, the NFL didn’t love that take.
Earlier in the Chargers-Vikings game, Al Michaels made it known that the Vikings kicker’s only missed FG this year was the one that hit a camera wire in London. Michaels later revealed the league told him to “correct” himself, claiming it was just an optical illusion, not a deflection.
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