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On Thursday, Al Michaels was back in the broadcast booth to deliver play-by-play of a non-conference tilt between the Los Angeles Chargers and Minnesota Vikings. During the contest, he made a comment regarding Vikings kicker Will Reichard, who has only missed one field goal this season — a contentious one at that. In a 21-17 win over the Cleveland Browns, Reichard petitioned the NFL to remove his missed field goal from the contest in London after he believed it struck a camera cable, causing the ball to take an unnatural turn to the right. According to NFL reporter Jordan Schultz, the league admitted it was a missed call, but wouldn’t issue a statistical correction. Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell addressed the miss, suggesting he doesn’t believe Reichard would naturally miss a field goal by that much. More NFL: Chiefs Make Notable Roster Move After Unfortunate News on Key Starter More NFL: Browns Predicted to Move on from Shedeur Sanders Before Trade Deadline “But other than maybe somebody in the booth alerting me that they saw it, or Will himself is going to be a critical guy in that moment, but a lot of times a kicker is a lot like a golf swing, they’re keeping their head down and they might not see it initially,” he said. “He told me he thought he hit it well, and Will doesn’t end up that far off line, historically, since our time having him here. But yeah, not really sure what to say on that one other than that was unfortunate if it did happen, and if it didn’t, so be it.” Fast forward to Thursday night’s game and the situation was back in the headlines after Michaels referenced Reichard’s only miss coming after hitting a wire. The NFL was clearly watching the broadcast and took Michaels’ “lunch away” by making him issue a correction on the miss. “A 32-yard field goal attempt…the league wants to take my lunch away because I said before that Reichard’s only miss was hitting a wire in London. The league said, ‘no, no it was an optical illusion.’ Not what Reichard thinks. Anyway, there you have it, we cleaned it up. Always cleaning up our mess, my mess,” Michaels said of the incident. 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 Michaels clearly wasn’t pleased with the ordeal, but offered the correction regardless. Los Angeles went on to win the contest in a 37-10 blowout as Reichard made 1 of 2 field goal attempts to bring him to 14 of 16 this season. In his two-year career, Reichard has made 38 of 46 field-goal attempts and he’s a perfect 51-for-51 on extra-point attempts. More NFL: Justin Fields Doesn’t Hold Back After Jets Owner Calls Him Out
