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It’s not every Sunday that you hear an NFL game take an “administrative timeout” but that’s exactly what happened earlier in today’s AFC title game.
According to CBS’ Jim Nantz, the reason had to do with an unidentified drone being too close to the action:
“An administrative timeout… you may have not heard of one like that before. But it was a drone apparently that was interfering too close to the play. It was not ours, we’re told,” Nantz said.
“An administrative timeout… you may have not heard of one like that before. But it was a drone apparently that was interfering too close to the play. It was not ours, we’re told.” – Jim Nantz pic.twitter.com/gKF9zlyklF
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 28, 2024
Fans reacted to the update on social media.
“Given how low some of these fly I’m surprised this hasn’t happened more,” a user said.
Given how low some of these fly I’m surprised this hasn’t happened more https://t.co/0dC7SL2QQo
— Jeff E 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🍊 (@jeffinCNY) January 28, 2024
“Drone jerks ruining it for the rest of us,” another replied.
Drone jerks ruining it for the rest of us https://t.co/dVPhGMRUCD
— My Little One Trick Pony (@Avalangelist) January 28, 2024
“Pretty scary security issue. Yikes,” a fan commented.
Pretty scary security issue. Yikes. https://t.co/jgULjfYJSn
— John T. Bennett (@BennettJohnT) January 28, 2024
“Sean McDermott,” another person tweeted.
Sean McDermott https://t.co/Iw8lIDf0CL
— Freddy Barth (@BarthFredYes) January 28, 2024
“You would think that as high profile game this is the security of airspace around stadium would be better???”
You would think that as high profile game this is the security of airspace around stadium would be better???
— Will Jayska (@WJayska) January 28, 2024
Play has resumed and the situation was apparently dealt with.