View topic - Long-snapper

[indysteel Profile]

For crying out loud....of all the people to long snap and they pick, Harrison? Hartwig? Stapleton? Tomlin's response on this one should be interesting.

By no means did that safety cost us the game. The frickin Giants played almost the entire game on our side of the 50...EVENTUALLY that costs....and it did.

[UncleDick Profile]

Someone on the caoching staff should use thier brain. It blows my mind that Hartwig couldnt do it. I totally expected Silverback to snap the ball out of Heinz Field.

[indysteel Profile]

Geez...let's see, using their logic, we may as well had...say....Hampton snap it, or maybe Reed.
Either of those would have made about as much sense.

[fordfan485 Profile]

My guess they wanted someone that could help cover punts, a big center or other o-lineman is not going to be as fast as a linebacker running down the field. Plus even if they did try to use hartwig as the long snapper it would have probably been the same result because it seems like every time the steelers go to the shotgun he always snaps it a bit too high.

[ktm5411 Profile]

the silverback debacle's over and done with, so who longsnaps next week?

[derfsandmuskie Profile]

What a stupid play. Do you think Silverback ever pratices the LS? Aikman said Stapleton is the backup, makes sense to me.

[Homer J Profile]

What a stupid play. Do you think Silverback ever pratices the LS? Aikman said Stapleton is the backup, makes sense to me.

Just because Aikman has a microphone doesn't mean he knows.

Stapleton may be the backup center....which is listed on the depth chart that they give you in the press box. But that doesn't mean he's the backup long snapper.

I attended any number of games in the press box, and don't ever recall a depth chart listing a backup long snapper - or the backup punter - or the backup kicker.....(unless a team has two place-kickers...one for kickoffs and extra-long fieldgoals).