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Underrated story of the day. J.J. Jansen pops up on injury report, possible loss of roster spot to someone if he can't go

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We have an open roster spot right now. Amini to IR and Horton suspended while adding CJ, leaves a spot open still. Was thinking it was for a waivers claim for Coples if nobody else snagged him before us and that still may be the case but maybe they're leaving it open to see what JJ's deal is. Hope he can go.

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2 minutes ago, X-Clown on 1 said:

Talk about a thankless job that is hard to master.  Losing our long snapper is a pretty big deal and replacing him with street talent makes me nervous.

Thankless?

It's like the best job in football, besides backup qb.

One of my favorite nfl stories ever

http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2013/12/12/inside-voices-3/

The best magic trick Jon Dorenbos ever pulled off was the one that got him a full ride to UTEP, and ultimately, a job in the NFL.

Dorenbos had done some long-snapping in high school but very little as a freshman at Golden West Junior College, where he played linebacker. He wasn't drawing any interest from college teams, so he decided to get creative. He took tape of a more accomplished long-snapper, mixed it in with some of his own linebacker highlights (as well as highlights from another 'backer on the team) and sent it out to different teams, claiming it was all him. The film was so grainy, you couldn't tell the difference in jersey numbers -- or height, apparently.

"His name was Tim Thurman, he was a 6-6 longsnapper, so I took his film," said the 6-foot Dorenbos. "Put my linebacker stuff in there, then there was a guy by the name of Nick Heinle and I took some of his highlights -- he was a guy I rotated with -- and I made like an ultra highlight film and I sent it out. I told UTEP I was a really good long-snapper and at the time I don't think I was really good. Tim was way better. I hadn't done it in about a year-and-a-half. They needed a snapper, so I got a full ride being a long-snapper. Awesome."


Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2013/12/12/inside-voices-3/#qtvsmib98oLCSWtR.99

 

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