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Cardinals Waive Canaday; Sign Brewer

Posted on September 27, 2016 by longsnap

As expected, the first snapping change of the year occurred in Arizona.  The Cardinals  waived rookie Kameron Canaday after a rough three weeks and will sign veteran Aaron Brewer to replace him. Brewer, was in training camp with the Chicago … Continue reading →

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Week Three in Review

Posted on September 27, 2016 by longsnap

Week Three of the NFL is complete and the Cardinals long snapping situation is front and center again as rookie Kameron Canaday struggled this week.  Although the Cardinals indicated they would stick by him last week, it appears they may … Continue reading →

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2016 Division One Long Snappers

Posted on September 25, 2016 by longsnap

Longsnap.com’s exclusive college long snapper chart, covering each Division One football team, is below.  The starting punt snapper for each team is listed by conference, along with the snapper’s uniform number, height, weight and class year. The attached chart was compiled during the past few weeks, … Continue reading →

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Week Two in Review

Posted on September 20, 2016 by longsnap

Week Two in the NFL is in the books and there were no major snapping issues.  The Cardinals have indicated they intend to stick with rookie snapper Kameron Canaday despite struggling in his first two games. Just two snappers, Beau Brinkley … Continue reading →

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Week One in Review

Posted on September 13, 2016 by longsnap

Week One of the NFL season is complete and, unfortunately, rookie long snapper Kameron Canaday of the Cardinals received the attention no snapper wants.  Canaday, who made his debut on Sunday Night Football, had a poor snap on a last-second … Continue reading →

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Snapping Jobs Likely Settled

Posted on September 5, 2016 by longsnap

With two transactions today, it looks like the snapping position is settled for all 32 teams, at least for now.  Client Brett Goode will snap for the Packers after fully recovering from ACL surgery late last season and client Patrick … Continue reading →

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Snapping Picture Around the NFL

Posted on September 3, 2016 by longsnap

Today is the day for “final” cuts in the NFL.  It is not uncommon for additional moves to happen after today’s roster deadline and that would appear to be the case in Green Bay. The Packers waived Rick Lovato today, … Continue reading →

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NFL Roster Cuts Impact Snapping Position

Posted on August 30, 2016 by longsnap

By today at 4PM eastern time, every NFL team must be down to 75 players.  Like in prior seasons, this first mandated roster cut tends to have the greatest impact on the long snapping position and rookie snappers in particular.  Although … Continue reading →

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Two Snapping Moves

Posted on August 21, 2016 by longsnap

The second week of the NFL Preseason is now complete and, prior to this week’s game action, there were two snapping transactions. The Steelers waived client Matt Dooley and the Packers reached an injury settlement with Jesse Schmitt. NFL rosters, … Continue reading →

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Interesting Analysis of NFL Team Spending on Special Teams

Posted on August 15, 2016 by longsnap

Dave Archibald of Inside The Pylon.com recently wrote a comprehensive and unique analysis of how NFL teams allocate their spending to special teams.  Archibald concluded that there was a “mild correlation” between spending on special teams players and special teams performance, particularly … Continue reading →

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