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The Minnesota Vikings\u2019 thrilling comeback win over the\u00a0Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u00a0will minimize the scrutiny against the\u00a0NFL refs<\/a>\u00a0who made a brutal mistake on a missed Will Reichard field goal attempt during Sunday\u2019s game in London.<\/p>\n Minnesota was trailing Cleveland 17-14 with under 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter when Will Reichard came out for a 51-yard field goal attempt. At first, it just looked like a horrific kick and miss by the usually reliable kicker:<\/p>\n Will The Thill Reichard’s 51-yard field goal attempt pretty clearly hit the wire. Causing it to go from being straight down the middle to violently veering to the right.<\/p>\n Would have resulted in a re-kick.<\/p>\n How did the officials\/replay booth not see ANY of this?\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/ppOrcTqmGm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Purple FTW! Podcast (@PurpleForTheWin)\u00a0October 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n But alert social media detectives noticed a classic case of \u201cmore than meets the eye\u201d on Reichard\u2019s miss. In subsequent replay angles, you can see that Reichard\u2019s kick hit the camera wire in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8THIS IS CRAZY\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8#Vikings<\/a>\u00a0kicker Will Reichard\u2019s missed field goal today appears to have hit a camera cable and the refs somehow missed it.<\/p>\n This should have been a re-kick & Reichard would\u2019ve had a chance to kick it again.<\/p>\n A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.pic.twitter.com\/W35SmtOPu5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball)\u00a0October 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cAlways something goofy in these overseas games,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0a fan wrote.<\/p>\n That Will Reichard kick definitely hit the camera wire. You can see the ball ricochet to the right.\u00a0#mnvikings<\/a>\u00a0@Vikings<\/a>\u00a0should have been a re-kick. Always something goofy in these overseas games.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/0fNCmjNvsT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sam Paulson (@kibblemansam)\u00a0October 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Click on \u2018Follow Us\u2019 and get notified of the most viral NFL stories via Google!<\/strong>Follow Us<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cCan\u2019t believe no one noticed that Will Reichard\u2019s field goal attempt hit a cable wire. It should have been a re-kick,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0observed another.<\/p>\n\n
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