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NFL Admits Vikings Kicker Cheated by Camera Cable; Won’t Fix It
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The Minnesota Vikings are off this weekend , enjoying their single bye week for the 2025 NFL season. It's much deserved after spending most of the last two weeks homesick overseas , where they played two games in Europe and brought back one victory.
That win wasn't easy, either. After losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin week 4, it took a last-minute touchdown drive from Carson Wentz & Co. for the Vikings to secure a tight 21-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns week 5 in London.
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Minnesota Vikings vs Tottenham Hotspur Camera Cable
Had the offense not secured a late dub in London, however, the Minnesota Vikings and their fan base would be a lot louder about a camera wire at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that cost their field goal kicker Will Reichard three points against the Cleveland Browns earlier that same quarter.
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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
Shotty camera-work on the replay made it really hard to see the actual contact, but Reichard's fourth quarter field goal attempt above (which would have tied the game at the time) appeared to hit a camera cable, which deflected it hard right and way wide of the post.
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Prior to that field goal attempt, Will Reichard was a perfect 8-of-8 on the 2025 regular season . So, when his people saw the evidence showing Will's missed kick was caused by a camera cable, the submitted a request to the league to have the miss removed from his statistics.
NFL admits cable blocked Will Reichard's kick
In response, the NFL admitted that Reichard's kick did hit the camera cable — something they had yet to realize publicly. But according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz , the league won't go back and make it right.
Instead, the league notified the MN Vikings kicker that, while his kick did hit the wire, they would not be changing his individual stats to show one less miss on the season, meaning Will the Thrill's statline for the season still shows 8-of-9.
Sources: #Vikings K Will Reichard's agents and the team's front office requested that the NFL remove his missed FG from last week's London game after it clearly struck a camera cable, causing the ball to take an unnatural turn to the right.
The NFL acknowledged it was a missed… pic.twitter.com/VLNayoFKXl— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) October 12, 2025
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It's too bad Will Reichard won't get his numbers rightfully rectified. However, the NFL's acknowledgement that the football actually hit the wire makes this news worthwhile for me. There were an absurd about of people on the internet who tried to argue that Reichard's field goal attempt never hit a wire — that it was just an optical illusion.
Of course, an introduction to physics class could tell you that the ball came in contact with the camera cable. Nonetheless, after the league confirmed it, the internet can now put 2025 Cablegate to bed… right?
When the 3-2 Minnesota Vikings return to play week 7 , they will welcome the Philadelphia Eagles to U.S. Bank Stadium. It's far from a must-win game, but if the Vikings want to call themselves a playoff team in a few months, it'd sure go a long way in helping them do that.
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