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'SkyCam' is coming to Thursday Night Football. Here's what you need to know.

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The Steelers’ game on Thursday night is going to look different. We’ve been over this already — NBC’s “Thursday Night Football” broadcast is going to rely predominately on “SkyCam,” two remote-controlled, wire-suspended cameras set up behind the line of scrimmage.

Think Madden 18. It’s pretty cool.

It's like playing madden as Tom Brady with this camera angle.
And I love it ud83dudc10 pic.twitter.com/sCXjokTW5b — Patriots Militia (@PatsMilitia) October 23, 2017

NBC got the idea for full-game SkyCam when they had to switch to it after fog engulfed Gillette Stadium last month.