“Make Sure the Drone Doesn’t Penetrate”: Packers-Panthers Game Forced To Be Halted As Al Michaels Lets His Feelings Known on TNF Broadcast

When a prime-time game stops for something other than a flag or an injury, the broadcast booth is left to fill the silence. That’s what unfolded on Thursday Night Football, where the Green Bay Packers-Carolina Panthers game paused after a drone was spotted near the stadium. With play stopped, Al Michaels addressed the situation on the broadcast. “Timeout taken here,” Michaels said during the broadcast . “There’s apparently, we’re being told there’s a drone. Not ours. League is very strict about making sure a drone doesn’t penetrate the outer rim of the stadium. So that’s the issue.