The 2025 season didn’t even need a kickoff to serve drama on a silver platter. Jalen Carter got tossed before the first offensive snap after he spat on Dak Prescott . That moment? Already etched deep into NFL lore. Funny enough, it wasn’t the first time the league saw this kind of chaos. Flashback to 2003: the same ugly scene unfolded, only in reverse. Back then, the spitting controversy didn’t kick off a season—it closed one.

We’re talking about the 2003 Super Bowl between the Panthers and the Patriots . The former Carolina wideout, Steve Smith Sr. , accused the Patriots’ corner Tyrone Poole of spitting in his face. Fast forward to now, and when the news broke about Carter spitting on Prescott, Smith had only one thought: “ Damn, I got to talk to Dan Patrick tomorrow

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