Daily Norseman
In the wake of the Minnesota Vikings’ 21-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns in Dublin a week ago, we mentioned a field goal attempt by Will Reichard that went wide right after it hit the wires that were holding up the SkyCam above Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tonight, the NFL has, apparently, done something that it rarely ever does.
They admitted they were wrong. Sort of.
According to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Vikings appealed to the league to take the miss off of Reichard’s statistics for the season, citing the interference from the SkyCam. The league said that they would not, in fact, take the miss off of Reichard’s record for the season, but they did admit that the officials missed the call.
That was Reichard’s first miss of the season on any sort of kick. Going into the London game, Reichard was perfect on field goal attempts, and he remains perfect on extra points so far this season. He’s had a pretty solid bounce back after having his struggles in the second half of last season, struggles that came (at least in part) because of an injury that caused him to miss multiple games.
In any event, the league has admitted that their officials in London missed the call on the play, a missed call that should have resulted in Reichard getting another opportunity to make the kick. However, we all know that he’s still perfect on the season, and isn’t that what really matters here?
