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8 years ago

The Packers added a second rookie snapper, signing Derek Hart of James Madison.

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It's difficult to get excited about a long snapper battle. If I had my way I would have a center who can also log snap and thus open a roster spot for someone else.
If a TE can learn to be a LS I can't see why a center or a backup guard can't do the same.
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Porforis
8 years ago
Could be a Kuhn/Rip situation. That's not a position you screw around with, but it's good to get young blood in now and get him trained up so he's ready to go if Goode gets hurt or starts declining.
yooperfan
8 years ago

It's difficult to get excited about a long snapper battle. If I had my way I would have a center who can also log snap and thus open a roster spot for someone else.
If a TE can learn to be a LS I can't see why a center or a backup guard can't do the same.

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I agree with you, but being an old timer I guess I just don't understand all this specialty crap.

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yooperfan
8 years ago
Another thing I don't understand, is, how can they sign a college kid when the draft hasn't been held yet?
sschind
8 years ago

Another thing I don't understand, is, how can they sign a college kid when the draft hasn't been held yet?

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I think he was eligible for the draft last year and was not drafted or signed by anyone. The article says he didn't play in the NFL last year so Ii am assuming he was eligible. Basically he is a street free agent.

nerdmann
8 years ago
Could he back up Linsley at C?
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8 years ago

Could be a Kuhn/Rip situation. That's not a position you screw around with, but it's good to get young blood in now and get him trained up so he's ready to go if Goode gets hurt or starts declining.

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Just exactly which position would you screw with? If the center who snaps to the QB in shotgun formation can't hit the punter's hands either for the punt or the FG attempt, he isn't much of a center is he? Over the years I read about a lot of LS who use to play another position. They could see they wouldn't make the team or they were 3rd- 4th string and decided to add LS to their ability. Why can't the starting center or 2nd string G do the same?
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Cheesey
8 years ago
Long snapper is important. Punts, field goals and extra points can win or lose a game for you.
I think Davis was the name of the last long snapper I believe. And I remember how he always was downfield and making tackles on punt returns.
It's kind of like punters or FG kickers. You don't realize how important they are until you have a lousy one.
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8 years ago

Long snapper is important. Punts, field goals and extra points can win or lose a game for you.
I think Davis was the name of the last long snapper I believe. And I remember how he always was downfield and making tackles on punt returns.
It's kind of like punters or FG kickers. You don't realize how important they are until you have a lousy one.

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Cheesey, I know what the LS does. Is he any more important that a CB who can get torched for a couple of big plays, perhaps TDs? How about a WR who could get a couple of TDs for your team? I can go right down the line and make a case for any position. They are all important.
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Zero2Cool
8 years ago

Cheesey, I know what the LS does. Is he any more important that a CB who can get torched for a couple of big plays, perhaps TDs? How about a WR who could get a couple of TDs for your team? I can go right down the line and make a case for any position. They are all important.

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Kicker's are finicky buggers and they need consistency. Punters hold and Long Snapper snaps because them with the Kicker can work together non-stop. If the Center was doing snapping duties, the K and P would be idle and would not have that rhythm to nail those two 50+ FG's to beat the Dallas Cowboys in the final minutes of a game.

Is the Long Snapper more important than the 7th WR? Yes. More important than the 6th CB? Yes.
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