2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

Merrith · 2025-08-13T19:00:37-0400

Gavinmad said:
Yeah that article is leaving out the fact that it was skin cancer which has a 35% survival rate even at stage 4. Aint' like dude survived metastatic lung cancer or something. The "battle" probably barely affected his health at all which would make it a lot easier to keep quiet.

Just for a guy and just anything Cowboy related being as "in the news" as normal, I find it a little surprising nothing managed to leak out. But it could just be very, very few knew.

Gavinmad · 2025-08-13T19:02:59-0400

Chanur said:
Effects of letting kickers prep the ball starting a day in advance rather than a few hours?

polished balls or not I don't think that attempt happens in the regular season

Chanur · 2025-08-13T19:05:14-0400

Gavinmad said:
polished balls or not I don't think that attempt happens in the regular season

Probably not because if you have a decent defense it would be better to punt. I think it will be possible though going forward.

Kaines · 2025-08-13T19:11:50-0400

Gavinmad said:
polished balls or not I don't think that attempt happens in the regular season

With 1 second left in the half? I guarantee that attempt gets made if they are certain he can at least put it past the end zone to avoid a run-back.

Gavinmad · 2025-08-13T19:41:46-0400

Kaines said:
they are certain he can at least put it past the end zone to avoid a run-back.

That kind of certainty doesn't exist with long field goals though. I'm pretty sure Janikowski in his prime could easily kick it out of the back of the endzone from 76 yards away but when he tried kicking a field goal from that distance it was fielded at the 5 yard line.

Chanur · 2025-08-13T20:03:35-0400

Gavinmad said:
That kind of certainty doesn't exist with long field goals though. I'm pretty sure Janikowski in his prime could easily kick it out of the back of the endzone from 76 yards away but when he tried kicking a field goal from that distance it was fielded at the 5 yard line.

If it starts happening we will know it's because of the added ball prep time. Or they invented mega steroids.

Kajiimagi · 2025-08-13T20:51:52-0400

Gavinmad said:
I grant that I was a bit hand-wavey about it but come on man it's fuckin Jerry Jones.

Also what the fuck powerlines did your family live under?

Yeah tell me about it. When I was in the MIDDLE of brain tumor recovery (radiation every day + chemo) I had to have a melanoma out of margins removed.
Because FUCK ME , that's why!

Merrith · 2025-08-13T21:15:17-0400

Gavinmad said:
That kind of certainty doesn't exist with long field goals though. I'm pretty sure Janikowski in his prime could easily kick it out of the back of the endzone from 76 yards away but when he tried kicking a field goal from that distance it was fielded at the 5 yard line.

Their kicker has a hell of a leg. He's one of the few that I think it would get tried most of the time there with just 1 second left in the half.

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2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

Merrith

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Gavinmad

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Chanur

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Kaines

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