NFL: Sound technician gets bowled over by players

An NFL sound technician got a little too close to the action when he was bowled over by players running out of the tunnel for the start of the match.

The Minnesota Vikings pumped themselves up for the start of the match-up with the Arizona Cardinals by charging out on to the field as a mass of 150kg behemoths.

However, a sound technician, for reasons he will now regret, made the split decision to run across the mouth to the tunnel at the exact same time.

The resulting collision sent the poor guy sprawling with slow motion replays showing him running directly into the shoulder of one particular giant Viking.

But showing true professionalism, the technician regained his feet and went straight back to work – sporting a bloody nose and all.