The Oakland Raiders almost found a scapegoat in their loss to the Kansas City Chiefs Thursday night when fans on Twitter floated the theory that the SkyCam may have interfered with a potential game-tying pass in the fourth quarter.
But, according to Deadspin, quarterback Derek Carr's deep ball to Amari Cooper — which would have likely resulted in six had the connection been made as there wasn't a soul between Cooper and the end zone — was just a wounded duck that missed its mark.
It was another of Carr's many miscues on the night, which can in large part be attributed to a dislocated pinky. He went a miserable 17-of-41 for 117 yards and, quite frankly, probably shouldn't have even been out there.
That didn't slow the Twitter speculation any, though, which centered around the slim possibility that the ball traveled high enough in the air at one point to make contact with the wires holding up NBC's SkyCam.
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Video replay does show the high-arcing pass leave the frame at one point, but NBC Sports spokesperson Dan Masonson disputed that the camera could have even come into play.
"The overhead camera is positioned behind the line of scrimmage, so the cables would not be in play," he told the Sports Video Group in a statement.
NFL rules do provide for a replay of the down if the ball does come into contact with the SkyCam or its wires. But this was nothing more than a case of Oakland stinking up the joint, just as they did the majority of the night.
