A bizarre moment occurred in the third quarter of Sunday’s game between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills when one of the Skycam cables snapped, leaving the device dangling.
The incident caused a 12-minute delay, and as soon as the whistle sounded for players to return, Jets quarterback Zach Wilson fumbled the ball, wiping out New York’s chance for a field goal. However, the Jets would pick up Josh Allen on the Bills’ next ride.
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Crews work to repair a skycam during the second half of a game between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium on November 6, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)
New York would beat Buffalo 10-3 in the second half and win the game 20-17. Jets coach Robert Saleh was asked about the camera issue and said: “It only happens to the Jets.”
Jets running back Michael Carter joked it was a “conspiracy” against the team.
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Workers fix a remote control camera during a delay in the second half of an NFL football game between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills Sunday, November 6, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Noah K Murray)
“It must have been strange. Definitely like a conspiracy theory,” he said of Audacy’s WFAN. “But no, it wasn’t such a big deal. We moved the ball but I don’t want to go too deep.”
Wilson said he had never seen anything like it, but it was just a matter of moving on after fumbling.
Wilson threw 154 yards through the air on his way to one of the biggest wins of his career. He said after the game that he and his teammates expected to beat Buffalo.
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A New York Jets fan holds up a ‘Serving up Buffalo Burgers’ sign during the fourth quarter of the National Football League game between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium on November 6, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey . (Rich Grässle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“I mean, it shows that we obviously don’t care what anybody says, right,” he said via the team’s website. “We expected to win this game as a team. And of course we understand that they are a good team and so are we. So the mindset is that we should be able to go out there and compete. We knew it was going to be close. We were able to finish in crunch time.”
Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is Sports Editor at Fox News Digital.