Overview
- The device veered into the end zone during player introductions and narrowly missed a person on the field.
- Team officials attributed the misfire to a mechanical malfunction and opened a review with vendor Image Engineering; reporters had not received the company's comment as of Monday night.
- Fan Brendan Little’s video of the near-miss was posted to X and drew hundreds of thousands of views by Monday evening.
- Grounds crew quickly extinguished flames, and a small dent in the turf was visible early in the game.
- Play resumed as scheduled, and the Patriots beat the Ravens 28–24 in a result with playoff implications.