Beau Brinkley

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  1. Dangermode

    Dangermode A New Era has Begun

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    Something crazy just occured to me. While literally thousands of NFL players are fighting tooth and nail to make a roster spot, there are the Beau Brinkleys of the world, penciled in automatically it seems, as teams.... long snappers?!

    From the Wild World of Wiki:

    Brinkley played college football at the University of Missouri. In his four years at Missouri, he finished with 12 tackles. In his senior season, he recorded 5 tackles for the season. In his junior year, Brinkley was the team's long snapper for the third consecutive season. On April 30, 2012, Brinkley signed with the Tennessee Titans as an Undrafted free agent. On March 8, 2015, Brinkley signed a five-year contract extension with the Titans worth $5.75 million.

    Are you kidding me?!

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  4. GoT

    GoT Strength and Honor

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    still gotta be genetically gifted enough to be 6ish feet and 250ish pounds ...

    and they do want you to trot down field and plug a lane after a punt snap - the b*stards!
     
    #2 GoT, Aug 31, 2017
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  7. Titanup1982

    Titanup1982 All-Pro

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    21-20 Titans in 4th quarter with 2 mins to go and we are punting the ball in our own 10 yard line. If that snap doesn't go according to plan, we could possibly lose this game.

    There's situations where the snapper is really really important. These guys are getting a fraction of what other NFL players make, therefore I see nothing wrong in a 5 year $5 million contract.

    Way more pressure on them than you think.
     
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  10. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    Trouble with becoming a long snapper is if youre any good at any other spot on the field youre not being a long snapper
     
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  13. A.D.

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    When Brinkley was out in the last game, his backup made a bad snap and then missed his block, resulting in a blocked punt for a safety. The ball just barely went out of the back of the end zone, otherwise it would have been a touchdown instead of a safety. This illustrates why it's so important to have a reliable snapper.
     
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  16. Scarecrow

    Scarecrow All-Pro

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    you see botched snaps on punts all the time. didnt we get one that caused a TD just last week?
     
    #6 Scarecrow, Aug 31, 2017
  19. MrBean

    MrBean Master of Not Much

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    And you may want to ***** about it, but long snapping actually isn't as easy as you think. I did it through high school and into my JC years.
     
    #7 MrBean, Aug 31, 2017
  22. Ten_Titans

    Ten_Titans Pro Bowler

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    Are those the years where you fade into mediocrity and begin to exaggerate all your previous "accomplishments"?

    Oh I was thinking of the JCB years. My bad.
     
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  25. A.D.

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