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Chiefs | Team showing interest in Darche
Sun, 4 Mar 2007 10:09:07 -0800

Mike Sando, of the Tacoma News Tribune, reports the Kansas City Chiefs are showing interest in free agent OL Jean-Philippe Darche.

ROFL ?!

If I haven't heard of them, they must not be very good...

Seattle Seahawks | C | #52
College: McGill Rookie Yr: 2000
Ht., Wt.: 6'0", 246
Contract Status: Active
NFL Exp.: 7
Born: Feb 28, 1975, in Montreal, PQ

Who?

I believe he has started the last 3 years with the France Fartmen....







ROFL

He's the Seahawks Long Snapper

I guess they figure if they have an honest to goodness frenchman on the team they'll have a legit reason to surrender a horrid number of sacks...

We should go after Stan Darsh

"The Seahawks own the NFL record for most consecutive successful PATs; longsnapper Jean-Philippe Darche is a big reason why."

Jean-Philippe Darche (born on February 28, 1975 in Montréal, Quebec) is an American football long snapper for the Seattle Seahawks. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of McGill University. He is the older brother of former NHL left winger Mathieu Darche.

*buzzer*

Sorry. Not going to work in the NFL.

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Actually. Is there something going on with Gammon that I'm unaware of? He's not on the depth chart anymore.

We have a Perry guy there now.

What the hell's going on with our long-snapping?

"..revved up like a Darche, another runner in the night.."

I like it. It gets us younger in a big way.

Makes me wonder if he'll replace Gammon.

man, is this really a thread?

Are you reeruned? Of course he would replace Gammon. We're not going to sign a long snapper to play FS.

I think so... plus if something bad happens, this guy can actually play in a game, where as Gammon would likely die.

According to the depth chart, Gammon's already been replaced by Ed Perry?

Careful now. The Chiefs does have history of changing players from their natural position to a completely different position.

"And now, the starting Free Safety for the 2007 Kansas City Chiefs, Jean-Philippe Darche!"

And Ed Perry could easily be replaced by someone else.

Seems to me Perry was the guy that struggled a couple of years ago when Gammon was injured.

Most team message boards are talking about signing great players today... we are talking about a possible long snapper!!! God why did you make me a Chiefs fan?

don't be silly.........


we don't convert players to safety .... we convert them to cornerback.


"And now, the starting Right Cornerback for the 2007 Kansas City Chiefs, Jean-Philippe Darche!"

If Carl signs this guy, he is a Darchebag

And how many games have we lost over the years in the kicing game?

That was a bit over the top.
:)

Here's some stats.
Darche
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/player...?playerId=2475

Gammon
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/player...s?statsId=2208

Let's see, it has a thread starter. And it has replies. Yep, it's a thread.

Yeah, I think it was the Giants or Miami game that he struggled. I can't remember which one it was, but I do remember it.

You're right. The only reason that he's even on the depth chart is because he's under contract. Gammon's is not.

I'd like to keep Gammon, but obviously the Chiefs aren't calling my phone.

I can just see "Darche Bag" becoming a part of CP lexicon.

Wow.

Am I the only one here who didn't know Gammon was dropped?

I believe that he's been signing 1 year contracts for a while now.

He has only been signing one year contracts... he's making like 850,000 a year! I like Gammon, but if we actually needed him in a game I wouldn't be surprised if he died

The thread is real; the information, opinions, and people herein are not nessessarily real.

C'mon, Gammon's a 4th string TE behind Tony G, Dunn, and Bigfoot. We obviously don't need him in a game anymore than we'll need this 250 lb. center.

Long snappers should only be judged by long snapping, nothing else.

That said, Gammon's been completely removed from the depth chart. I didn't hear any wind whatsoever of Gammon retiring or being let go.

This takes me by surprise, and I consider it a big deal because Gammon's been top-notch for years.

That sounds about right.

I agree... but it would be better if this person had the ability to play in the NFL... With inactives... the LS has the chance to be important in games if the real center goes down

It would be awesome if kickers could be wideouts and QBs could also play safety, as well. But face it, the long snapper int he NFL is now just a specialized position like kicker that, if you want quality, you have to carry on the roster.

I don't find it very hard to ask your long snapper... a lineman... to be able to be a reserve lineman... Gammon would die... this guy atleast would be able to play. Asking a QB or wideout to play safety makes no sense... asking a lineman, to be able to be a lineman does

LS is a specalized position now get over it. Every team has one.

I don't disagree... but they SHOULD be ABLE to be a RESERVE lineman

If it's an OL or DL with any upside, look at 'em. I'd rather see too many prospects coming through than too few.

He does my taxes.

Actually, long snappers aren't necessarily O-Linemen.

Bobby Bell was the Chiefs long snapper back in the day.

Jared Allen was one in school.

I don't know what position Gammon played in college, but he's listed at TE for the Chiefs, as was Adam Johnson, who was brought in to compete for the job last year.

Darche, at 246 lbs sure as hell isn't an O-Lineman.

Tight End is on the line the last time I checked... so is a DE... all i'm saying is that Gammon has no shot at ever being able to play in a game if somthing bad happend... this guy at least could put up a small fight

Why? The only thing longsnappers have with a lineman is they are on the line, the rest of their job has nothing to do with being a lineman.

Guess what, if your injury situation is so dire in one gme that you have to rely on a LS to play... then the difference between a below average guy and a way below average guy will never make a difference.

This is the pros, not high school.

How do you know?

have you seen Gammon lately?! He must be close to 40 years old!! This other guy is still young

That doesn't mean a damn thing.

I refuse to continue this debate until they actually sign this guy...

Sacre bleu!

The point is, in today's NFL if these guys had any potential to contribute at a position other than long snapper, they wouldn't be anymore than emegency long snappers.

They'd be playing other positions on the field, and some would not be DE or TE.

You pick

or

!

Guy looks like he got a Seahawks uni for Christmas and tried it on.
Seriously... he fills it out like a high school player.

ROFL and Gammon looks huge in his?

What did I say that had anything to do with Gammon?

Peterson is getting froggy :whackit:

PBJ FirstDownSamie PBJ

it ended with a ?

A good long snapper is money. Gammons must be on the way out.

IF it improves the team's punt coverages, I'm all for it.

Gammon is a trooper, but he's slower than Gochiefs getting down the field after a snap.

Augh-haugh-haugh!

Moreover, I think the blocking TE (e.g., Jason Dunn) would be the emergency reserve well before the LS.

leprinte de la tickets

It's interesting to me how different the opinions in this thread are from the below thread. It was started the week after Gammon went down last year.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=129405