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Longsnappers: The NFL’s Unsung Special Teams Artists

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The NFL longsnapper lives and dies in football’s “game of inches.” These unsung heroes have to aim the ball and get it to the kicker when the game is on the line. But what goes into the art and science of longsnapping? Dave Fleming brings us onto the field and shows us what the world looks like from a longsnapper’s point of view, and shares how these niche players do their high-precision, high-pressure jobs upside down where perfection is the only acceptable standard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:10.0

Hey everybody, this is David Fleming.

0:16.0

We are here today in Nashville talking to all-pro long snapper Morgan Cox about the art and science

0:23.1

of one of the most important I think skills and crafts in football long snapping thanks for

0:30.7

your time to that absolutely to kind of probably oversell the importance of long snapping as

0:35.9

it's gotten more and more specialized you know the NFL has a humongous premium on on points especially

0:42.2

you know this year I think how many games have been decided within one score and

0:46.4

we've seen now with when you miss an extra point how much how much that changes

0:50.9

the game and how it's played long snappers are important you know they

0:55.7

the skill and precision that's required is the phrase that it's a game of inches is not a cliche it's

1:01.9

it's an exaggeration it's actually probably less than that less than that yeah um do you want to try one

1:09.6

am i am i am i taking my life in my own hands?

1:12.2

No, I'll make sure it's...

1:13.6

Well, you know what?

1:15.2

If you injure me, it's better for the pot.

1:17.0

Okay, yeah.

1:26.9

In the NFL postseason, the difference between immortality and unemployment can be measured in centimeters.

1:35.0

And for all of our obsessing over quarterbacks and coaches and even kickers, no player embodies

1:41.3

that margin of error more than the one you probably think about the least.

1:46.0

The long snapper.

1:48.0

So today, Dave Fleming takes us inside the secret life of football's ultimate specialist

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