Jared Allen, Long Snapping

jspchief · 11-20-2005, 09:56 PM

I hope Allen does really well long snapping tonight.

With all due respect to Gammons and the great snapping he's given us, it's a total waste of a roster spot. We need a long snapper that also serves another purpose for the team.

rageeumr · 11-20-2005, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

I hope Allen does really well long snapping tonight.

With all due respect to Gammons and the great snapping he's given us, it's a total waste of a roster spot. We need a long snapper that also serves another purpose for the team.

Did you see that last snap? It was a friggin' rocket!

Coach · 11-20-2005, 10:24 PM

I understand the wasted roster spot, but Gammon's injury chances are slim to none, since he only play on special teams, while Allen plays DE, and his injury chances are usually higher, since he's on the trenches, you know?

nychief · 11-20-2005, 10:26 PM

Allen is our starting end - don't have him playing freaking ST.

Pitt Gorilla · 11-20-2005, 10:36 PM

Who is Gammons? Peter?

**Dunit35** · 11-20-2005, 10:56 PM

Gammon is not a waisted roster spot. He is the best long snapper ever and using Allen there would be a costly mistake. What if he got hurt doing that? I hope Gammon isnt hurt.

Wallcrawler · 11-20-2005, 11:10 PM

Gammon is huge for special teams. If Allen is injured, we have no long snapper if Gammon were not on the roster.

It says something about his skills when Bill Cowher, coach of the AFC Pro Bowl team has any player in the AFC to choose as a specialty position player, and he selects Kendall Gammon.

**Rain Man** · 11-21-2005, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by nychief

Allen is our starting end - don't have him playing freaking ST.

Yeah. That.

**KcMizzou** · 11-21-2005, 12:17 AM

Holthus is on the post-game right now. Says Surtain will be ok, but "I'm really concerned about Gammon's future in the NFL right now."

Don't know how much he'd know about it...

Pants · 11-21-2005, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou

Holthus is on the post-game right now. Says Surtain will be ok, but "I'm really concerned about Gammon's future in the NFL right now."

Don't know how much he'd know about it...

Looked like he blew his knee out when he got juked like a rook, it just gave out and he fell to the ground. He was hitting the ground with his hand while down, and couldn't put much pressure on his foot, if any.

Pitt Gorilla · 11-21-2005, 01:20 AM

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Looked like he blew his knee out when he got juked like a rook, it just gave out and he fell to the ground. He was hitting the ground with his hand while down, and couldn't put much pressure on his foot, if any.

Of course, he did come back in and snap on a punt. If he blew his knee out, he is a warrior for going back into the game.

NewChief · 11-21-2005, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

Looked like he blew his knee out when he got juked like a rook, it just gave out and he fell to the ground. He was hitting the ground with his hand while down, and couldn't put much pressure on his foot, if any.

He actually hurt it immediately after he snapped the ball. He fell down three times running to try to make the tackle. When he "got juked like a rook", he was just falling down again from the original injury which happened right when he snapped the ball. I didn't see exactly what happened. It looked like he got hit by a someone trying to rush the punter. They showed a replay of all of that on the broadcast last night.

11-21-2005, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

Looked like he blew his knee out when he got juked like a rook, it just gave out and he fell to the ground. He was hitting the ground with his hand while down, and couldn't put much pressure on his foot, if any.

Looked like a similar injury to mine yesterday - strained MCL.

jspchief · 11-20-2005, 11:08 PM

31 other teams in the NFL get by without a roster spot dedicated to a long snapper.

I just think it would be nice to be able to carry an extra WR. DB, or whatever spot we're dinged up at.

I'd feel different if Gammon_ actually provided depth at another position or something.

**HemiEd** · 11-21-2005, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

31 other teams in the NFL get by without a roster spot dedicated to a long snapper.

I just think it would be nice to be able to carry an extra WR. DB, or whatever spot we're dinged up at.

I'd feel different if Gammon_ actually provided depth at another position or something.

I agree, as good as Gammon is, it would be nice not to have to dedicate a roster spot. Once again, I am glad I do not have to make that decision. He has made it look so easy, but I do remember the pre-Gammon era though.

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jspchief BAMF Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Your Face Casino cash: $9998710	31 other teams in the NFL get by without a roster spot dedicated to a long snapper. I just think it would be nice to be able to carry an extra WR. DB, or whatever spot we're dinged up at. I'd feel different if Gammon_ actually provided depth at another position or something. __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
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