Conspiracy suggests SpiderCam wire cost the Raiders a TD (it *probably* didn't)
The Chiefs beat the Raiders on Thursday night in a very important football game, but there just may have been more nefarious circumstances afoot.
A critical pass in the fourth quarter by Oakland’s Derek Carr deserves further inspection, and has a chunk of truthers suggesting that the bizarre change of direction on the football may have happened because the pass hit one of NBC’s SpiderCam wires that hang over the field.
If Amari Cooper had caught that, it would probably have been a touchdown, but instead it looks like the Monstars temporarily stole his talent for a few seconds as the football lame-ducked to the ground. Why did it do that?
Carr pass hits SpiderCam wire. #Raiders pic.twitter.com/Io77P132Pu
— ℙJ (@oaktheman) December 9, 2016
David Carr, Derek’s brother who also knows a thing or two about lame-duck throws, wonders, too.
I watched that play about a dozen times last night and could not wrap my head around what happened., woke up to spiderwire, mystery solved https://t.co/w3PznNaqUx
— David Carr (@DCarr8) December 9, 2016
As do others.
After watching replays on highlights for @RAIDERS vs @Chiefs - I am convinced that the pass from Carr to Cooper hit NBC's spider cam wire.
— Jason McCallum (@JMacSC) December 9, 2016
lol woooow Carr's pass to Cooper, where he would have walked in to the end zone, ricocheted off the SpiderCam wire pic.twitter.com/t3jxBaOm7k
— Marcus (@M_G0NZ) December 9, 2016
After the game, Cooper said the ball indeed appeared to move oddly at the last second. NBC has officially denied culpability.
If the ball did hit the wire, then NFL rules stipulate the down should have been replayed.
Would this have changed the game? Did this even happen? We’ll never know.
But even Stevie Wonder can see that something weird happened to that football. And that’s because...Stevie Wonder can actually see.
- Jeremy Woo
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