The Chargers and the other teams at the NFL combine scouting the available kickers don't need someone to square up and hit an 80-yard kick. They don't need someone who makes the football sound like it's going to explode when he strikes it with his foot. They don't need someone who fights crime.
In October, Pineiro was woken by early-morning screams, and he looked outside his apartment window to find a woman thrown to the ground, being choked and punched by her boyfriend.
He and his father, who was staying with him, ran down three flights of stairs to stop the attack.