Optical Illusion? NFL Forces Al Michaels to Correct Record on Vikings Missed FG

The Minnesota Vikings were completely dismantled by the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night, with the entire football world watching. Carson Wentz was made into a Chargers’ backfield tackling dummy, behind a ripped and tattered offensive line that was not ready for the smoke LA’s defensive front brought to the table.

In the official record books, it goes down as a 37-10 beatdown, though I’m not even sure that score does this one justice. Within the chaos of Thursday’s loss, we found out a few things about our MN Vikings, most were not good.

But we also learned something about the NFL league offices tonight, too. Remember Will Reichard’s “missed” field goal from a couple of weeks ago in London? The one that Reichard and most of the internet believes went wide right because it hit a camera cable on its way up?

Took a look back at the Will Reichard "missed" field goal myself (in HD since it's 2025)… and there's no doubt the British cable screwed him. pic.twitter.com/y0VEFVgSg4

— Minnesota Sports Fan (@realmnsportsfan) October 5, 2025

During his pregame preparation, Thursday Night Football play-by-play broadcaster (and TV voice legend) Al Michaels chatted with Reichard, who confirmed with him that the only field goal he has missed on the season came in London, and only happened because it hit a camera wire.

NFL says MN Vikings’ overseas wire incident was an optical illusion…

Well apparently, the NFL did not like that very much because a little while later, when Will the Thrill took the field for yet another FG attempt, Michaels was forced to “correct the record” live on-air, making it clear that the NFL’s official stance on that London missed kick was that it did NOT hit a wire.

In fact, they specifically told the broadcasting legend that the video above, which clearly shows the ball hitting a wire, was nothing more than an optical illusion. As Al mentions, neither he nor Reichard are convinced.

The NFL forced Al Michaels to 'correct the record' on-air… WOW. Apparently, the league's official status on the controversial missed FG is that it DID NOT hit the wire.

"The league wants to take my lunch away because I said before that Reichard's only miss came when he hit a… pic.twitter.com/AZZkedUvFX

— Minnesota Sports Fan (@realmnsportsfan) October 24, 2025

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I know one thing for sure, I will trust my eyes any day of the week, before I trust the National Football League offices. Until I see absolute proof that shotty camerawork/angles caused my eyes to deceive me, you cannot convince me that Will Reichard’s kick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium did not hit that camera wire.