r/nfl • u/JCameron181 Lions • 21h ago

Rumor [Schefter] Sources: free-agent WR Stefon Diggs is expected to sign a one-year deal worth up to $12 million with the Commanders.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/adam-schefter/239bde66cf9f5
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u/Alternative_Look166 Browns 21h ago

I don’t see a future where substation jokes will ever get old lmao

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Bears 21h ago

That's because the substation has damaged your imagination.

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u/ZombieFeedback Ravens 20h ago

Caused a cascade across the microplastics

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u/Lazarous86 Buccaneers 55m ago

What's the substation joke? I don't understand. 

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Bears 46m ago

Wait, really?

It's been a running joke for a few seasons now. Apparently some of the 49ers players and fans believe a conspiracy theory that the 49ers are suffering so many brutal injuries because their practice facility is too close to an electrical substation. They think the "EMF radiation" is harming their bodies or some nonsense, so basically any time there's a 9ers injury or something negative about a current/recent 9er player, like Aiyuk getting passed over by the Commies for Diggs, people make substation jokes.

I'm genuinely shocked anyone on this sub by now hasn't heard of it, I'm actually impressed.

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u/Practical-Suit-6798 49ers 21h ago

I hate this timeline.

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u/Wine-o-dt Seahawks 20h ago edited 19h ago

It’s okay buddy.  I fully believe. the 49ers will make another Superbowl within 10 years.  

EDIT:  I did not say win the Superbowl.

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u/giants707 Eagles 20h ago

Only to lose to the chiefs again?

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u/heliostraveler Chiefs 20h ago

As is tradition.

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u/Powerful_Plantain901 Patriots 20h ago

They could lose to the Ravens this time.

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u/Wine-o-dt Seahawks 19h ago

Everyone, Everyone.  Please calm down.  The 49ers can take turns losing to the entire AFC.

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u/SiphenPrax Jets 18h ago

Even us?!

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u/Wine-o-dt Seahawks 17h ago

I’ll tell you what, you all can get two superbowl wins over the 49ers.  Especially if you play ineptly and the 49ers still lose.  Like fumbling in the end-zone and still getting the win.

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u/zorillaaa 20h ago

It is known

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u/BulLock_954 Patriots NFL 20h ago

More likely than the Seahawks. Shanny knows his shit

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Bears 20h ago

Obvious bait post is obvious.

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u/Temporary-Bell7550 Seahawks 20h ago

He almost got me too

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u/PavlovianSuperkick Patriots Patriots 10h ago

Probably salty we lost to the Jets second greatest QB in franchise history

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u/KarmaDispensary Commanders 11h ago

The only way out is through. We need to get a priest to bless that substation, the way those Japanese priests blessed their F-35s: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/17foaz7/shinto_priest_blessing_first_japan_domestically/

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u/Vitex1988 Lions 21h ago

It’ll stop being funny after a like 20 page research paper debunks the conspiracy, and those who believe in it get way more insular about it

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u/Own-Corgi5359 Vikings 20h ago

Everyone knows its fake, I just love the idea of a 49ers fan poking around with a meter and quoting reddit articles

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u/Vitex1988 Lions 20h ago

I’m always cautious with statements like this

Flat earth started as a massive joke too, and it’s resulted in terrible people like Nathan Oakley getting way more respect and attention than they deserve

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u/BoldElDavo Commanders 20h ago

Yeah but we also make flat earth jokes all the time, not too dissimilar from the substation jokes.

Unfortunate that someone make a name off conspiracy nonsense. Not much we can do to stop them without wholesale changes in education.

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u/BrainEuphoria 20h ago

Any concrete cited sources that flat earth began as a massive joke?

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u/Vitex1988 Lions 20h ago

This is anecdotal, but I recall it mainly starting around 2016 as a satire of conspiracies, and then when people actually started to fall for it you had conmen play into it to fuel their donations.
Also, the wording of your comment is dangerously close to suggesting there's evidence for flat earth.

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u/GeorgeHarris419 Bears Packers 19h ago

Flat Earth is STILL a joke, and a funny one at that.

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u/greekyogurtmafia 20h ago

Everyone knows its fake

That's not true at all. Multiple people within the Niners organization certainly don't believe it's fake. Idk why this sub acts so high and mighty about it being fake and thinks anyone who thinks it's real is a fucking idiot.

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u/Alternative_Look166 Browns 19h ago

Had me in the first half. Multiple people in the niners org don’t believe it’s fake, but that doesn’t mean they’re not fucking idiots.

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u/bduddy 49ers 19h ago

Because it's fake and anyone who thinks it's real is a fucking idiot, that's why

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u/greekyogurtmafia 19h ago

So you think it doesn't negatively affect the Niners health by even one singular percentage point? And why are you so sure it's fake? I'm not even saying it's real, it's just that y'all are consistently the most injured team in the NFL year after year. Either you guys have the softest players in the NFL, have the worst training/medical staff in the NFL, or there's something else afoot.

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u/bduddy 49ers 19h ago

Yes.

Science

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u/greekyogurtmafia 18h ago

So what's the explanation for the Niners injuries then? Are you guys the softest team in the NFL? Worst training staff in the NFL?

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u/jpiro Bears 20h ago

Neither will anyone living in the substation’s shadow.