Overview
- The NFL sent a memo dated September 7 requiring clubs to use the same All-22 camera angle or a static image on video and ribbon boards for both kicking teams during field-goal and extra-point attempts.
- The directive, put into effect at the start of the 2026 season, gives NFL Football Operations authority to ban specific feeds and warns teams that violations will bring accountability or discipline.
- Former analytics coach Ryan Paganetti publicized a September 1 social-media thread showing Gillette Stadium displaying a reverse All-22 view for opponents’ kicks that placed an offset second set of uprights behind the real posts.
- Paganetti said his review of broadcasts found the reverse image on opponents’ kicks but not on Patriots’ own attempts in the 52 examples he checked, and his post went viral before the league memo was distributed.
- Under prior guidance the Patriots’ display was legal because static images or All-22 views were permitted, so the rule change both prevents that specific optical trick and fits a broader pattern of the team exploiting small procedural edges.