NFL Deep State shuts down Al Michaels mid-broadcast after camera wire comment

The NFL Deep State is alive and well. Always has been.

During Thursday Night Football between the Chargers and Vikings, league officials actually buzzed into the broadcast booth to “correct” Al Michaels on-air. Why? Because Michaels pointed out that Vikings kicker Will Reichard’s only miss of the season came in London, where he clearly drilled a dangling camera wire mid-kick.

The video evidence backs it up, and the NFL even admitted after the game that officials missed the call. But apparently, bringing up inconvenient facts on live television is frowned upon in Roger Goodell’s America.

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

Michaels bringing it up felt like harmless analysis — just a broadcaster giving context. But that changed real quick when he suddenly had to walk it back, parroting the NFL’s new official line that the camera wire everyone clearly sees getting hit was actually just an “optical illusion.” Right. Sure thing, pal.

Al Michaels gets bullied by NFL Deep State on air

Earlier in the game, Al Michaels mentioned that #Vikings K Will Reichard’s only missed FG this year was the one that hit a camera wire in London.

He now says the league told him to correct himself that it was an optical illusion.pic.twitter.com/b37MeCAF9m

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 24, 2025

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