The NFL Competition Committee announced on Friday that it is investigating allegations that Seahawks Strong Safety Kam Chancellor has been employing gun powder charges embedded in his cleats to effectively emulate actual missile attacks to upend opposing receivers targeted in the Seahawks secondary.

The league is examining closely samples of artificial turf from the areas of impact between Chancellor and several prominent wide receivers, which it noted are all badly burned and stained with urine.

Video evidence from several NFL games last season suggest that Chancellor may have literally launched himself from the turf on a number of occasions directly into the path of opposing receivers, dislodging the ball from their grasp and propelling them chaotically into a crash pattern above the field.

Shoes worn by Chancellor during six games from the 2013 season and 2014 Super Bowl have reportedly been examined by NFL forensics experts, although officials have yet to confirm the presence of any traces of the illicit highly explosive substance.

The charges came as a surprise to the Seahawks front office, who had issued Chancellor cleats explicitly designed not to house explosive charges, in compliance with the NFL’s stringent equipment standards.

San Francisco 49er tight end Vernon Davis said he couldn’t confirm hearing Chancellor detonate prior to impact, but also noted that he’s never actually seen Chancellor coming and has no recollection of the gruesome videos he’s seen of Chancellor sending him to the turf.

Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker supported the NFL’s suspicion, tweeting "Bam Bam knocked me halfway back to Boston. He’s a Patriot Missile. I feel cheated."

In a statement released to media on Friday morning, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said "It’s unfortunate that we have to investigate this, but when you’ve got a guy out there that moves like a missile and is actively knocking players off the field like that on purpose, well it's just not right. And we’ve got to look into the very real possibility that he actually is a missile."

The NFL sent the videos to Nike for further analysis of Chancellor’s equipment. After conducting their own review, Nike’s most trusted expert on equipment performance, Senior Footwear Consultant Mars Blackmon, told the league "It’s gotta be the shoes."