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Originally Posted by CandyKreep
imo not so much.
Obviously they tested it with McBriar, and he never hit it, so it would seem to play into the Cowboys favor given that other punters are going to be thinking about hitting it when they line up to punt. McBriar is an Aussie rules football player, so he has a different approach than most other punters. I don't know the mechanics of that approach, but apparently the jumbo-tron doesn't affect it.
I think JJ is a little smarter (and perhaps more devious) than people give him credit for.
I'm not sure whether I give JJ THIS much credit, but I can tell you two things from being at the stadium.
None of McBriars punts even got close to the TV. Including the one he really launched that he had to rekick.
The punt that DID hit the jumbotron was EXTREMELY short and straight up in the air. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the guy tried to do it on purpose, or if Jeff Fisher told him to try and do it to see what would happen/if it could be hit.
I guess my point is, I don't think this is going to be as big of an issue as everyone is making it out to be. But I've been wrong before.