Welcome back to a special late night edition of Dumping Them Out.
I thought I might venture to start posting these later in the evening.
Evening Boob GIFs before bed seem to make more sense than mid day Boob GIFs.
I was just hungover from darts last night and didn’t feel like doing shit today.
I’ve never considered the extremely niche market of football player who focuses solely on long snapping.
There are dedicated long snappers out there.
So I went down a small rabbit hole of high school long snapping recruits.
Which I really shouldn’t be.
They’re just kids who are dedicated to what they do.
But there is something funny about it.
Having “4 STAR LONG SNAPPER” in your Twitter name.
Having a whole mess of long snapping highlights.
All of which are just the exact same extremely uninteresting thing.
“Let’s see I wonder what’s gonna happen in this one?
Oh he snapped it directly to the punter.”
Their tapes from practice are my favorite.
Just like the game highlights, they are all exactly the same.
“All right here we go.
He has the football.
He’s set up for the snap.
Yep, sure did.
I don’t know what these highlight videos even prove.
I guess the speed of the snap is important.
But it’s not like they’re posting their bad snaps.
At least with skill position players, their highlights can demonstrate specific strengths.
Long snap recruiting could be, and probably should be, done 100% on paper.
What percentage of total snaps got to the target, and how quickly did they get there.
That was actually kinda funny.
I’m not sure if the videos were intended to be humorous, but that kid was my favorite.
Do you think high school long snappers are respected by their teammates?
Do they consider them a part of the team as much as anyone else?
Oftentimes they don’t even respect kickers.
Kickers just have one job.
Kick the damn ball.
And half the time they manage to fuck that up.
Long snappers are all of that times 10.
Not that it isn’t an important part of the game.
A team needs a reliable long snapper.
It’s just so repetitive.
They’re not even allowed be hit for a full second after the snap.
Air mailing a snap for a dedicated long snapper has to be cut wrenching.
I will say, there are a shocking number of legitimate football camps for long snappers out there.
One kid in particular looks like he’s been to about 10 of them already this offseason.
I guess that’s probably what you have to do to get noticed as a long snapper.
I’m sure they work on technique and stuff.
Maybe learn some tips and tricks on how to get the ball to the punter or holder faster.
How to put the right amount of spin on the ball so it’s easily receivable.
And I guess they do have to cover punt returns afterward.
That’s definitely important too.
But still… being a dedicated long snapper is sort of hilarious.
Especially if that’s the ONLY thing you do.
Shoutout to all the long snappers out there.
Fun Long Snapping + NFL Fact:George Burman first long snapper of all time.
He was drafted by the Bears in 1964 in the 15th round.
The NFL used to have 17 rounds.
I did not know that until today.
Imagine trying to cook up a 17 round mock draft.
That would be nightmare, but someone out there would do it.
Even watching the late rounds of the draft as it is, is painful.
17 rounds is just cruel.
