Prime Video play-by-play announcer Al Michaels said he had to clean up his on-air “mess” after being confronted by the NFL during Thursday night’s game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.

During the third quarter — with Vikings kicker Will Reichard going for three points as Minnesota trailed the Chargers, 24-3 — Michaels explained that the NFL “wanted to take my lunch away” because he said earlier that Reichard’s only missed field goal this year was in Week 5 against the Browns in London, where the ball appeared to hit a SkyCam wire at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Vikings beat the Browns, 21-17, in that game.

Earlier in the game, Al Michaels mentioned that #Vikings K Will Reichard’s only missed FG this year was the one that

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