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RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - JimmyinSD - 10-07-2025

(10-07-2025, 09:11 AM)MaroonBells Wrote: Yeah, I'm leaning more toward the ball not hitting the wire at all. First of all, it just doesn't make sense that NOBODY would've seen that. Second, I've read some twitter posts from people who looked into this and they're saying the camera wires are nowhere near the trajectory of the football—that they are in fact behind the kicker. The camera angle only made it look like it was between Reichard and the goal posts.

those cables run the entire length of the stadium,  if the camera was lowered down to get a low angle shot from behind Will then its certainly possible that they would have been in a position to get hit by the ball.  I've seen those things all the way down on the playing surface when they are working on the camera so they have the ability to get that low.  I typically would agree that its not likely,  except seeing that batted pass later that day hit the camera that was set up behind the play,   and it wasnt a super long kick so its not like Will had to try and keep a low trajectory.  the images and video I have seen sure looks like it hit the wire.

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - FLVike - 10-07-2025

Think about it, each of the four cables are connected to a reel, up high, by a corner of the field area. So if the camera was behind the kicker then we would not see a cable crossing the field if we are viewing from behind the kicker. That camera was not behind the kicker, not even close. We were viewing that play from behind the kicker on a different camera, not the skycam.

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - StickierBuns - 10-07-2025

Regardless of whether it did or not, so glad it didn't influence the outcome of the game.

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - MAD GAINZ - 10-07-2025

(10-07-2025, 09:11 AM)MaroonBells Wrote: Yeah, I'm leaning more toward the ball not hitting the wire at all. First of all, it just doesn't make sense that NOBODY would've seen that. Second, I've read some twitter posts from people who looked into this and they're saying the camera wires are nowhere near the trajectory of the football—that they are in fact behind the kicker. The camera angle only made it look like it was between Reichard and the goal posts.

I don't know, go watch the replay of the kick from behind Reichard.  It's going up in trajectory and then when it's in line with the wire, it immediately caromes right and has a different trajectory and spin on the football.

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - purplefaithful - 10-07-2025

This is all too reminiscent of Seinfeld/Magic Loogie episode....


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RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - FLVike - 10-07-2025

I look at it from this perspective;
We don't get the TD at the end and we lose 17-14.

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - JR44 - 10-07-2025

(10-07-2025, 11:10 AM)StickierBuns Wrote: Regardless of whether it did or not, so glad it didn't influence the outcome of the game.

Possibly could have helped us, had it been 17-17 on the last drive we would not have been as aggressive and playing for the TD.  Once we got near FG range we may have gotten conservative and played for the FG settling for a long FG and possibly leaving more time on the clock.

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - AGRforever - 10-08-2025

I know we need stuff to talk about but this has to be one of the most first world problems ever lol.

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - greediron - 10-08-2025

(10-07-2025, 09:29 AM)FLVike Wrote: There is no doubt that the ball hit the cable. Unless the camera operator had an ulterior motive the camera should have been behind the offense which would have put the cables out of the way. With all the gambling going on now I think we haven't seen the half of it yet.

I put it on inexperienced camera operators in an international game.  The camera and cable should have been out of the way, but it wasn't.  That is on the operators.  The result is on the refs.  How can they not see that and question it?

RE: NFL admits it f'd up on Reichard's missed FG - greediron - 10-08-2025

While Tom's post might be from a bot, here is someone with some detailed "analysis" on youtube




I might buy his logic, except the flight pattern is not normal, it is not like a toed kick and the wire moves or jumps right after the ball hit it.