Midway through the fourth quarter of the Minnesota Vikings’ 21-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns in London in Week 5, the Vikings called on Will Reichard for a 51-yard field goal attempt to try to tie things up at 17. Reichard, who had previously not missed a kick all season, struck the ball and it appeared to be heading between the goal posts until it took a hard right-hand turn and drifted no good.

As it turns out, the miss really can’t be blamed on Reichard, and the fact that the officials (or someone somewhere) missed what actually happened could have cost the Vikings the game.

As you can see in the video below, the ball wound up hitting the wires that hold up the “Skycam” that each NFL game has as part of its coverage now. The ball hitting the wire is what caused the kick to trav

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