Our hats go off to the Skycam operator working the New Orleans Saints vs Chicago Bears game this weekend. He or she earned their paycheck and then some when they captured some buttery smooth, perfectly framed footage of a 102-yard kickoff return.
The Skycam system runs on a series of cables that hang up above the players’ heads, and it’s often good for some unique angles that can get closer than any camera on the sideline or in the stands. But the footage below of the Bears’ Cordarrelle Patterson running a kickoff back 102 yards is some of the best we’ve seen. The camera moves almost look choreographed.
Watch the whole tracking shot below, or watch it in full resolution on the NFL’s YouTube channel:
Cordarrelle Patterson’s 102-yard kick return gets the Bears (-223) on the board!
[via: @NFL]
— BetMGM (@BetMGM) October 20, 2019
The video above actually reminds us of this dizzying footage captured by YouTuber and FPV drone pilot Viggo Koch while following a roller coaster. What can we say, there’s just something about a smooth shot by an expert camera operator that’s beautiful to behold…
