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Navy Snapper Cardona Accepts Senior Bowl Invite

Posted on November 10, 2014 by longsnap

In prior years, the long snapper was one of the last positions to be selected in the premier college all-star game, the Senior Bowl.  This year, at least one snapping specialist was in the very first group. Joe Cardona of … Continue reading →

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Week Nine in Review

Posted on November 4, 2014 by longsnap

Week Nine in the NFL is complete and there were no major snapping issues, although the Jaguars special teams units had a few problems against the Bengals, including a blocked punt for a safety. Last week marked the 150th consecutive game for John … Continue reading →

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Week Eight in Review

Posted on October 28, 2014 by longsnap

Week Eight in the NFL is complete and included the return to the NFL for Kevin McDermott.  McDermott, who made the Niners as a rookie free agent last year before being cut before the regular season this year, replaced injured … Continue reading →

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Week Seven in Review

Posted on October 21, 2014 by longsnap

Week Seven brought the first significant injury at the snapping position this season.  Although John Denney (Dolphins) and Garrison Sanborn (Bills) suffered injuries in Week Six, both were able to snap without incident this weekend.  However, Morgan Cox of the … Continue reading →

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NFL Long Snappers List on Twitter

Posted on October 18, 2014 by longsnap

Last September, I debuted a Twitter list I created containing only the tweets of active NFL long snappers.  For those interested, click the link below and you can subscribe to this list. https://twitter.com/longsnapcom/lists/nfl-long-snappers Of the 32 current NFL snappers, just four do not … Continue reading →

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Field Goal Controversy in Thursday Night Football

Posted on October 17, 2014 by longsnap

Last night’s game between the Jets and Patriots has caused a bit of a controversy with a long snapper in the middle of it.  A 58-yard field goal attempt by Nick Folk of the Jets was blocked, giving the Patriots … Continue reading →

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Week Six in Review

Posted on October 14, 2014 by longsnap

Week Six produced more big special teams plays, including multiple blocked kicks and punts.  However, the snapping issues in Cleveland appear to have been resolved, as Christian Yount has rebounded and even added an assisted tackle this week in punt coverage, his second … Continue reading →

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Week Five in Review

Posted on October 7, 2014 by longsnap

Week Five featured some more big special teams plays,  including the Eagles blocking a punt against the Rams for a touchdown, the Browns blocking a Titans punt for a safety, the Niners converting a fake punt late in the game against the … Continue reading →

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Week Four in Review

Posted on September 30, 2014 by longsnap

Week Four included an extremely rare event in the NFL.  Although there have been over 14,000 regular season games in the 94 years of the NFL, only twice has there been a game without a punt.  It happened for the … Continue reading →

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Week Three in Review

Posted on September 23, 2014 by longsnap

Week Three of the NFL is done and there were some big special teams plays this week, including the Cardinals blocking a field goal attempt by the Niners.  This is a common occurrence, as the Cardinals have blocked an amazing 17 kicks … Continue reading →

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