With the Super Bowl matchup set and snappers James Winchester (Chiefs) and Taybor Pepper (Niners) ready to compete Sunday, there have been some recent snapping developments.

The Bucs signed Evan Deckers to a reserve/future contact, joining Cam Lyons who previously signed with the Bears. Incumbent snappers in Tampa, Zach Triner, and Chicago, client Patrick Scales, are both scheduled to be free agents. Longsnap.com will profile all the pending free agent snappers right after the Super Bowl.

One team has already signed a potential veteran free agent, as the Texans have re-signed Jon Weeks, the longest-tenured Texan for his 15th season.

The Pro Bowl events were held this weekend and included snappers Andrew DePaola and Ross Matiscik who competed in a snap shot skills challenge with four centers. The NFC and AFC teams took turns snapping balls at targets 13 yards away. The targets were of various sizes and point values in a 45-second accuracy contest. Every fifth ball was painted gold, making it worth double points. DePaola won the event.

There will be number of new special teams coaches this season in the NFL, as Michael Ghobrial (Giants) and Jeremy Springer (Patriots) are just two of the new coaches to date.

There was one snapping vacancy in the new UFL in St. Louis that has been filled by Alex Matheson.

With respect to Draft-eligible long snappers, Steele Judy of the Citadel was added to the East-West Shrine Game roster. The FCS Bowl included snapping specialists Justin Peterson (VMI) and Jason Hovis (Juanita College). It is unclear if a long snapper will be invited to the NFL Combine later this month.