Hey Bob Labriola … challenge accepted. :D

Anyone who has even a cursory knowledge of my existence knows that the only professional football team I will support with my dying breath are the Pittsburgh Steelers. I don’t bleed red, I bleed black and gold. The national anthem isn’t “The Star Spangled Banner,” it’s “Renegade.” And yes, I have plenty of Terrible Towels at my reach.

Now one of my favorite current Steelers players is kicker Chris Boswell. Boswell signed with the Steelers back in 2015 after the team went through a string of injuries and poor play in the kicker position (it’s still legal in Pittsburgh to shout “FUCK JOSH SCOBEE” at the top of your lungs). Currently, Boswell holds a ton of Steelers records, including most successful field goals in a season, most career field goals of 50+ yards or more, and most games where he scored at least six field goals to outscore the opponents. Yeah. He’s earned his nicknames “The Wizard of Boz” and “The Boz God.”

So I had a wee bit of a thought. Boswell’s been the Steelers kicker for nearly ten years now. If someone took all his successful field goals and laid them end to end … would Boswell hold the record for most cumulative yardage for successful field goals?

So I did what any good Steelers fan does when confronted with a question like this. I contacted the Steelers’ Bob Labriola, who runs a column on Steelers.com called “Asked and Answered.” Maybe he knows.

And last week … he printed his response to my question.

Um … okay … sorry, man, didn’t mean to cross you on that question. Jeez, you would have thought I had suggested we re-sign Mitchell Trubisky or something. (blech I said Trubisky)

Well, if Bob Labriola thinks the question I asked is “meaningless,” then that’s gotta be a challenge, right?

And if you’ve read my blog for any microscopic length of time … you know that I DO NOT BACK DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE.

So … last night, I went to profootballreference.com, and I went through every single box score in which Chris Boswell scored at least one field goal.

EVERY SINGLE GAME.

Here’s what I came up with.

10/12/2015 At San Diego 47
10/18/2015 Arizona 47, 48, 51, 28
10/25/2015 at Kansas City 24, 36
11/1/2015 Cincinnati 32
11/8/2015 Oakland 34, 38, 18
11/15/2015 Cleveland 24, 34, 25
11/29/2015 at Seattle 44, 25, 22
12/6/2015 Indianapolis 29, 51, 42
12/13/2015 at Cincinnati 42, 47, 45, 31
12/20/2015 Denver 24, 41
12/27/2015 at Baltimore 34
1/3/2016 at Cleveland 39, 21
1/9/2016 at Cincinnati (playoff) 39, 30, 34, 35
1/17/2016 at Denver (playoff) 43, 28, 47
9/12/2016 at Washington 46
9/18/2016 Cincinnati 49
9/25/2016 at Philadelphia 40
10/9/2016 NY Jets 47
10/23/2016 New England 32, 46, 44
11/13/2016 Dallas 39, 25
11/20/2016 at Cleveland 32, 33, 22
12/11/2016 at Buiffalo 37, 39
12/18/2016 at Cincinnati 45, 49, 49, 40, 49, 30
12/25/2016 Baltimore 36
1/8/2017 Miami (playoff) 34
1/15/2017 at Kansas City (playoff) 22, 38, 36, 45, 43, 43
1/22/2017 at New England (playoff) 23
9/17/2017 Minnesota 46, 29, 37, 43
9/24/2017 atChicago 32
10/1/2017 at Baltimore 30, 49
10/8/2017 Jacksonville 29, 34, 20
10/15/2017 at Kansas City 24
10/22/2017 Cincinnati 22, 24, 41, 49, 25
10/29/2017 at Detroit 34, 38
11/12/2017 at Indianapolis 41, 33
11/16/2017 Tennessee 41, 28, 50, 26
11/26/2017 Green Bay 53
12/4/2017 at Cincinnati 30, 37, 38
12/10/2017 Baltimore 52, 43, 24, 46
12/17/2017 New England 51
12/25/2017 at Houston 34, 36
9/24/2018 at Tampa Bay 38
9/30/2018 Baltimore 34, 39
10/14/2018 at Cincinnati 21, 24
10/28/2018 Cleveland 42
11/4/2018 at Baltimore 29
11/8/2018 Carolina 50
11/25/2018 at Denver 41
12/2/2018 LA Chargers 48
12/16/2018 New England 48
12/23/2018 at New Orleans 48, 30
9/8/2019 at New England 19
9/15/2019 Seattle 41, 33
9/22/2019 at San Francisco 46, 26
9/30/2019 Cincinnati 29, 49
10/6/2019 Baltimore 41, 29, 33
10/13/2019 at LA Chargers 20
10/28/2019 Miami 42, 41
11/3/2019 Indianapolis 21, 51, 33, 26
11/10/2019 LA Rams 33
11/24/2019 at Cincinnati 26, 47, 26
12/1/2019 Cleveland 39, 29
12/8/2019 at Arizona 30, 37, 25
12/15/2019 Buffalo 49
12/22/2019 at NY Jets 49
12/29/2019 at Baltimore 26
9/14/2020 at NY Giants 41, 36
9/20/2020 Denver 21
9/27/2020 Houston 33, 26
10/11/2020 Philadelphia 41
10/18/2020 Cleveland 35
10/25/2020 at Tennessee 38, 30
11/8/2020 at Dallas 59, 43
11/15/2020 Cincinnati 41, 30, 45
11/22/2020 at Jacksonville 44, 47
12/2/2020 Baltimore 25, 27
12/21/2020 at Cincinnati 25
1/10/2021 Cleveland (playoff) 49
9/12/2021 at Buffalo 24, 20, 45
9/19/2021 Las Vegas 56
9/26/2021 Cincinnati 26
10/3/2021 at Green Bay 52
10/10/2021 Denver 48, 43
10/17/2021 Seattle 27, 52, 37
10/31/2021 at Cleveland 31
11/8/2021 Chicago 54, 52, 40
11/14/2021 Detroit 20, 23, 51
11/21/2021 at LA Chargers 36, 36, 45
11/28/2021 at Cincinnati 40
12/5/2021 Baltimore 53, 43
12/19/2021 Tennessee 36, 28, 46, 48
12/26/2021 at Kansas City 34
1/3/2022 Cleveland 22, 30, 50, 48
1/9/2022 at Baltimore 28, 40, 36
9/11/2022 at Cincinnati 20, 48, 53
9/18/2022 New England 36, 52
9/22/2022 at Cleveland 34
10/2/2022 NY Jets 53, 59
10/9/2022 at Buffalo 29
10/16/2022 Tampa Bay 55, 25
10/23/2022 at Miami 45
12/18/2022 at Carolina 50
12/24/2022 Las Vegas 44, 40
1/1/2023 at Baltimore 21, 51, 33
1/8/2023 Cleveland 49, 34
9/18/2023 Cleveland 52, 50
9/24/2023 at Las Vegas 43, 42, 57
10/1/2023 at Houston 35, 23
10/8/2023 Baltimore 43, 25, 42
10/22/2023 at LA Rams 53
10/29/2023 Jacksonville 22
11/2/2023 Tennessee 29, 30
11/12/2023 Green Bay 42, 49, 35
11/19/2023 at Cleveland 28
11/26/2023 at Cincinnati 41, 34, 33
12/3/2023 Arizona 29
12/7/2023 New England 56
12/23/2023 Cincinnati 50, 30
12/31/2023 at Seattle 39, 26, 21
1/6/2024 at Baltimore 25
1/15/2024 at Buffalo (playoff) 40
9/8/2024 at Atlanta 57, 51, 44, 56, 40, 25
9/15/2024 at Denver 22, 53
9/22/2024 LA Chargers 38, 30
9/29/2024 at Indianapolis 50
10/6/2024 Dallas 41
10/13/2024 at Las Vegas 52, 49, 37, 36
10/20/2024 NY Jets 46, 29, 21
10/28/2024 NY Giants 31, 25, 27, 27
11/17/2024 Baltimore 32, 52, 32, 57, 27, 50
11/21/2024 at Cleveland 48, 28
12/1/2024 at Cincinnati 50, 34, 30
12/8/2024 Cleveland 30, 54
12/15/2024 at Philadelphia 37, 49
12/21/2024 at Baltimore 51
12/25/2024 Kansas City 36
1/4/2025 Cincinnati 54

So … this means that during the regular season, Chris Boswell successfully converted 272 field goals. Laying them from end to end, he would have achieved 10,249 yards of flight. If he kicks another 311 yards of field goals in the 2025-26 season, he will have sent that pigskin SIX CUMULATIVE MILES INTO THE AIR.

And we can add another 760 yards of cumulative field goal distance in the postseason.

As for my original question, during the 2024-25 season, Boswell may have fallen short of the most field goals kicked in a single season, but he damn near sent that ball into orbit, with 1,638 yards of combined distance. Kinda helps that Boswell has that knack of booting 50+ field goals straight and true.

There we go. Game, set and match.

I’m telling you … I do like a challenge. #doubleyoi