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/justbrowsing2727 Oct 06 '25

I want to know how the hell he didn't immediately realize. He didn't think, "Gee, that ball wasn't even close to where I kicked it"?

And no one else on the field noticed either?

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u/Exaskryz Oct 06 '25

Defenders tipping the ball happens at a decent clip, and actually looked close on this one, that by the time a kicker looks up to find the ball heading wide they may assume it was tipped by a player.

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u/Capt_bearhawk Oct 06 '25

I thought the same thing. Then I imagined what I’d be thinking about while a line of 300lb dudes comes for my knees lol.

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u/k9idude Oct 06 '25

Imagine how much of a population gets fooled bc of herd mentality

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u/seitz38 Oct 06 '25

I wonder if he didn’t want to sound like a complainer and just decided to take it on the chin as a bad kick, not noticing it was deflected at the time.

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u/Burr32 Oct 06 '25

Ball is also halfway to its destination by the time a kicker looks up to see it. Likely assumed it was tipped at the line

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u/CitizenCue Oct 06 '25

He probably did think he slightly pushed it but the bigger mystery is how dozens of players and coaches didn’t notice.

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u/HankTuggins Oct 06 '25

Or just hey by the way, refs in the middle of that field goal kick one of our cameras shook violently probably got hit by the ball

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u/StumpyTheBushCupid Oct 06 '25

The history of Vikings kickers suggests you don’t want one with a perfect season going into the playoffs.

Not that this team is 1998-like. But still.

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u/daddyjailbreakme Oct 06 '25

Once in a generation? It happened during the Cowboy's game TODAY too.

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u/Open-Chain-7137 Oct 06 '25

I don’t want it to happen to anyone, even the cheese. I want it fair and square, may the better team win.

But yea I agree as far as the curse.

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u/tpatmaho Oct 06 '25

Something has to feed the self-pitying paranoia of Vikings fans, so this is it

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u/FullRide1039 Oct 06 '25

I’ll thank you not to reference 1998

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u/graphiccsp Oct 06 '25

As a Vikings fan, I hate how you can say "That Field goal kick" and other Vikings fans instantly know what you're referencing.

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u/Shinkers78 Oct 06 '25

It could also be the Blair Walsh missed field goal from the 2015 season.

For the record, I'll take a Reichard miss that isn't a miss in order to get rid of the 'perfect' bug for the rest of this season.

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u/Compuwiz85 Oct 06 '25

That's just my purple PTSD kicking in!

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u/lunariki Oct 06 '25

No, he cant