Al Michaels has all of the stats each time a kicker traces as much as kick a area aim. However one of many stats he shared Thursday evening apparently obtained him in bother with the NFL.
Throughout Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night time Soccer, Vikings kicker Will Reichard lined up for a kick within the first half. Because the Minnesota kicker obtained set, Michaels knowledgeable viewers that Reichard’s solely miss this season got here throughout the Vikings sport towards the Brows in London, when the ball hit a wire related to the Skycam.
No drawback, all of us do not forget that. Transferring proper alongside.
The following time Reichard obtained as much as kick, Michaels revealed to viewers that his earlier clarification of Reichard’s miss had ruffled feathers at NFL headquarters.
“The league desires to take my lunch away as a result of I stated earlier than that Reichard’s solely miss was hitting a wire in London,” Michaels informed viewers. “The league says, ‘No, no. It was an optical phantasm.’ Not what Reichard thinks. Anyway, there you have got it. We cleaned it up. I’m at all times cleansing up our mess. My mess.”
Right here is the video of Reichard’s kick showing to hit the wire.
As seen within the video, the wire clearly wobbles, and the ball clearly modifications course. The league apparently desires you to imagine you didn’t actually see this occur.
However Professional Soccer Discuss’s Mike Florio factors out the league’s lack of transparency and questions why it didn’t situation the “optical phantasm” line on the time.
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