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Week Seventeen in Review

Posted on January 2, 2018 by longsnap

It is a new year and the 2017 NFL regular season is complete.  The final week of the regular season marked the debut of Jeff Overbaugh.  Overbaugh snapped well for the Vikings in place of Kevin McDermott, who was placed … Continue reading →

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Week Sixteen In Review

Posted on December 26, 2017 by longsnap

Week Sixteen brought another prominent use of an emergency snapper, as Kevin McDermott of the Vikings was injured late in the first half against the Packers.  Tight end David Morgan served as the snapper the rest of the game and … Continue reading →

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Week Fifteen in Review

Posted on December 19, 2017 by longsnap

Week Fifteen is done and included a rare “triple play” of blocks, as the Eagles blocked an extra point, field goal and punt against the Giants.  Cardinals snapper Aaron Brewer returned to action and did well in his return from … Continue reading →

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Week Fourteen in Review

Posted on December 12, 2017 by longsnap

Week Fourteen brought another snapper injury and an emergency replacement pressed into action.  Thomas Hennessy of the Jets suffered an apparent concussion against the Broncos in the first half, forcing tight end Eric Tomlinson to assume the snapper role.  Tomlinson … Continue reading →

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Week Thirteen in Review

Posted on December 5, 2017 by longsnap

Week Thirteen marked the return of tackles by snappers in punt coverage.  After two unprecedented weeks of no tackles, Justin Drescher of the Cardinals added a solo tackle and client Casey Kreiter of the Broncos added an assisted tackle.  LP … Continue reading →

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Week Twelve in Review

Posted on November 28, 2017 by longsnap

Week Twelve was a quiet one in the snapping world.  For a second consecutive week, there were no tackles in punt coverage by an NFL snapper.  The only team to workout a snapper was Jacksonville, who had client Derek Hart … Continue reading →

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Week Eleven in Review

Posted on November 21, 2017 by longsnap

Week Eleven marked the NFL regular season debut of Colin Holba in Jacksonville and the return of client Brett Goode to Green Bay.  In addition, it was a highly unusual week since no snapper recorded a tackle in punt coverage. … Continue reading →

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Week Ten in Review

Posted on November 14, 2017 by longsnap

Week Ten featured rare successful efforts by replacement snappers.  In recent NFL history, when a snapper goes down, the backup snapper or snappers have not always been up to the task.   This week, when Matt Overton was injured for … Continue reading →

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Week Nine in Review

Posted on November 7, 2017 by longsnap

Week Nine is complete and marked the NFL regular season debut of client Derek Hart with the Packers last night.  Hart becomes the third snapper the Packers have used this season, following injuries to client Brett Goode and, most recently, … Continue reading →

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Week Eight in Review

Posted on October 31, 2017 by longsnap

Week Eight in the NFL is complete and was generally uneventful.  Bad weather, particularly for the east coast games, made some snaps difficult. Prior to Week Eight action, two teams had snappers in for workouts in connection with  kicker and … Continue reading →

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