Chiefs Chiefs All-Decade Team - Long Snappers - Page 2

**Rain Man** · 11:21 AM

With the end of the decade, it's time for us to select our all-decade team for the 2010s. Credit to Direckshun for the idea; I'm just implementing it.

Here are the rules:

1. I'll put up lists of position groups one at a time.

2. Each list will contain guys who had at least one notable stat line in their career. I'll generally put them in descending order of some key stat.

3. The stats will contain ONLY their body of work between 2010 and 2019 for the Chiefs. No pre-2010 stats and no stats for other teams.

4. The number of roster spots will be the same as the number of roster spots on the 2019 Super Bowl roster for the Chiefs.

5. You can use whatever criteria you want to select the team. It can be total stats for the decade, it can be dominance in a shorter period, it can be playmakers who didn't screw up badly, whatever. It's your call. Feel free to use any criteria not listed in your decision. For example, if you know that Terrance Copper was an amazing blocker, you can build that into your decision.

6. In a subsequent poll we will determine which players are the starters on the all-decade team. In the first round, you're just going to fill the 53-man roster.

Our next position group is long snappers. ONE long snapper will make the all-decade team. So pick ONE long snapper.

tatorhog · 02-13-2020, 01:11 PM

I just remember getting some tickets around 2010-ish on the rail by the tunnel, and a heckler behind us kept after Gafford. "You gonna snap it over his head again, Gaaaaafford?!?!?!?!" To the point that Gafford would stand and stare at him. So if he could strike a nerve like that, there must have been some fire to go with the smoke, thus my vote is for Winchester.

**srvy** · 02-13-2020, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Reading comprehension must not be your strong suit.

Yeah I missed it quick to look at poll.

But honestly 6 years of Reid 2 of Crennel and 2 of Haleys 3 years? Might as well be best of the Andy Reid years.

**Rain Man** · 02-13-2020, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tatorhog

I just remember getting some tickets around 2010-ish on the rail by the tunnel, and a heckler behind us kept after Gafford. "You gonna snap it over his head again, Gaaaaafford?!?!?!?!" To the point that Gafford would stand and stare at him. So if he could strike a nerve like that, there must have been some fire to go with the smoke, thus my vote is for Winchester.

Somebody heckled our long snapper? At home?

**alpha_omega** · 02-13-2020, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

In some ways, that's a case for G.

That....is a good point.

Pitt Gorilla · 02-13-2020, 01:30 PM

Man, I'm trying to care here. It's not going well.

chiefzilla1501 · 02-13-2020, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by smithandrew051

One has a ring. I don’t remember bad snaps from either.

You must be remembering differently. Colquitt is an elite holder who has saved more than a few really bad snaps.

tatorhog · 02-13-2020, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Somebody heckled our long snapper? At home?

Yep, the folks we sat next to said he was a regular and that "his buddy wasn't here, or it would have been much worse".

It was one of the more memorable games I've ever been too, simply because of that guy. They also announced which cheerleader was going to represent KC at the Pro Bowl at that game. He had some amazing insight into that as well, which was unfortunate for the winning cheerleader...who, as she paraded around the stadium after getting the nomination, she passed by our section and for some reason only God knows the stadium fell absolutely silent for just a few seconds. And that's when it let it rip. "She's got a Pro Bowl ass, but her face is sick as f___". I can still see the look of pure shock on her face as he let that rip and she could hear him. Even my old man was in shock, and that takes some doing.

**Rain Man** · 02-13-2020, 02:31 PM

If it helps decide, here are some comparable stats. I can't say that Gafford and Winchester handled every snap in their era, but they probably handled 99 percent or more.

From 2010 through 2014 (the five-year Gafford era), the Chiefs had 420 punts, 169 extra point attempts, and 148 field goal attempts. (737 total long snaps)

From 2015 through 2019 (the five-year Winchester era), the Chiefs had 309 punts, 237 extra point attempts, and 182 field goal attempts. (728 total long snaps)

Apparently in 2015 a lot of punt drives transmogrified into scoring drives. But that's not Gafford's fault.

Bill Brasky · 02-13-2020, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dartgod

The **** up that wasn't.

Poetic as ****. I love this.

Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan · 02-13-2020, 07:22 PM

Gammon's been retired that long?

Wow.

tyecopeland · 02-13-2020, 08:49 PM

Winchester because of recency bias.

**Rain Man** · 02-13-2020, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan

Gammon's been retired that long?

Wow.

You're talking about the times before even the Jean-Philippe Darche era.

PurpleRiders51 · 02-14-2020, 12:24 AM

Winchester

Dunerdr · 02-14-2020, 06:58 AM

I dont remember Gafford having gaffes, and Winchester had some issues this year. Although im a bit of a winchester fan, he played highschool ball locally and is also a big deer hunter.

Zebedee DuBois · 02-14-2020, 02:56 PM

Winchester, just because of the name.

"Winchester rifles the ball to the holder!"

View Poll Results: Pick ONE long snapper to make the all-decade team
James Winchester - 80 games played	57	80.28%
Thomas Gafford - 80 games played	13	18.31%
Write-In Vote Below. (Hint: there are no other options besides Winchester and Gafford.)	1	1.41%
Voters: 71. You may not vote on this poll

02-13-2020, 11:15 AM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3418491 VARSITY	Chiefs All-Decade Team - Long Snappers With the end of the decade, it's time for us to select our all-decade team for the 2010s. Credit to Direckshun for the idea; I'm just implementing it. Here are the rules: 1. I'll put up lists of position groups one at a time. 2. Each list will contain guys who had at least one notable stat line in their career. I'll generally put them in descending order of some key stat. 3. The stats will contain ONLY their body of work between 2010 and 2019 for the Chiefs. No pre-2010 stats and no stats for other teams. 4. The number of roster spots will be the same as the number of roster spots on the 2019 Super Bowl roster for the Chiefs. 5. You can use whatever criteria you want to select the team. It can be total stats for the decade, it can be dominance in a shorter period, it can be playmakers who didn't screw up badly, whatever. It's your call. Feel free to use any criteria not listed in your decision. For example, if you know that Terrance Copper was an amazing blocker, you can build that into your decision. 6. In a subsequent poll we will determine which players are the starters on the all-decade team. In the first round, you're just going to fill the 53-man roster. Our next position group is long snappers. ONE long snapper will make the all-decade team. So pick ONE long snapper. Last edited by Rain Man; 02-13-2020 at 11:21 AM..
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02-13-2020, 01:11 PM	#16
tatorhog When pigs fly Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $9004785	I just remember getting some tickets around 2010-ish on the rail by the tunnel, and a heckler behind us kept after Gafford. "You gonna snap it over his head again, Gaaaaafford?!?!?!?!" To the point that Gafford would stand and stare at him. So if he could strike a nerve like that, there must have been some fire to go with the smoke, thus my vote is for Winchester.
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02-13-2020, 02:31 PM	#23
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3418491 VARSITY	If it helps decide, here are some comparable stats. I can't say that Gafford and Winchester handled every snap in their era, but they probably handled 99 percent or more. From 2010 through 2014 (the five-year Gafford era), the Chiefs had 420 punts, 169 extra point attempts, and 148 field goal attempts. (737 total long snaps) From 2015 through 2019 (the five-year Winchester era), the Chiefs had 309 punts, 237 extra point attempts, and 182 field goal attempts. (728 total long snaps) Apparently in 2015 a lot of punt drives transmogrified into scoring drives. But that's not Gafford's fault. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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02-13-2020, 08:49 PM	#26
tyecopeland Veteran Join Date: May 2019 Casino cash: $2420400	Winchester because of recency bias. __________________
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02-14-2020, 06:58 AM	#29
Dunerdr MVP Join Date: Oct 2012 Casino cash: $2529677	I dont remember Gafford having gaffes, and Winchester had some issues this year. Although im a bit of a winchester fan, he played highschool ball locally and is also a big deer hunter. __________________ Adopt-A-Chief- Rachel Santschi
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Zebedee DuBois Veteran Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: floating in a tin can Casino cash: $1985199	Winchester, just because of the name. "Winchester rifles the ball to the holder!" __________________ What am I even doing here?
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