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Week Five in Review

Posted on October 8, 2013 by longsnap

Week Five is complete and the snapping position appears stable.  Giants snapper Zak DeOssie suffered a back injury in the game against the Eagles but it does not appear that he will miss Thursday’s game.  Five snappers recorded tackles in punt coverage … Continue reading →

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Former NFL ST Coach Westhoff on Special Teams Play

Posted on October 5, 2013 by longsnap

The MMQB website featured a compelling story yesterday authored by former NFL special teams coach Mike Westhoff.  Westhoff, who spent 27 years in the NFL coaching special teams with the Dolphins and Jets, suggests that recent rule changes have eliminated much of the … Continue reading →

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Week Four in Review

Posted on October 1, 2013 by longsnap

Week Four of the NFL season is complete and the snapping position remains stable.  Unlike last week, a number of snappers recorded tackles in punt coverage, led by Garrison Sanborn of the Bills who had two assisted tackles.  Carson Tinker (Jaguars), … Continue reading →

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Week Three in Review

Posted on September 24, 2013 by longsnap

Week Three in the NFL is complete and, for the first time since Longsnap.com has been tracking snapper tackles in punt coverage, there were no tackles recorded by a snapper.  John Denney of the Dolphins did recover a fumbled punt … Continue reading →

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Week Two in Review

Posted on September 17, 2013 by longsnap

The second week of the NFL regular season is complete and snappers were involved in some unique officiating situations this week and even after a game from last week.  In the final game of the week last Monday, the Texans defeated the Chargers with … Continue reading →

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Week One in Review

Posted on September 10, 2013 by longsnap

Week One of the NFL season is complete and there were no major snapping issues or injuries, unlike last season when snappers Jon Condo and Nick Sundberg were both injured during the first week of action. Nine snappers recorded statistics in punt … Continue reading →

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Exclusive Twitter List of Current NFL Long Snappers

Posted on September 8, 2013 by longsnap

Longsnap.com debuted its exclusive Twitter list today that contains a constant feed of tweets only from current NFL long snappers.  To date, there are 27 active NFL long snappers on Twitter. Twitter users can subscribe to the “NFL Long Snappers” … Continue reading →

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Two Rookie Snappers Make Rosters

Posted on August 31, 2013 by longsnap

Today is the final cut down day in the NFL as each team must pare its roster to 53 players.  Although there may still be some movement over the next few days, it looks as if two rookie snappers will make NFL regular … Continue reading →

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Latest Snapping Moves

Posted on August 27, 2013 by longsnap

Today is the first required cut down day in the NFL.  Each team is now limited to 75 players on the roster and must be down to 53 by Friday.  A number of teams have let go of snappers as they … Continue reading →

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Signings and Shrieking

Posted on August 16, 2013 by longsnap

There was some snapping news during the second weekend of NFL pre-season games, as the Dolphins announced the signing of veteran snapper John Denney to a three-year extension.  Denney would have been an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and … Continue reading →

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