Bills sign tryout long snapper

[The Spaz]

Bills head coach Dick Jauron said up to a handful of tryout players that attended Buffalo’s rookie minicamp last weekend could be signed and return for the start of OTAs later this month. The first player afforded that opportunity was long snapper Garrison Sanborn.

The former Florida State product appeared to have a quick and accurate delivery on short snaps for field goals during the weekend workouts. His specialty however, is long snapping and has been timed between .72 and .75 seconds on his delivery which is considered above average by NFL standards.

Sanborn (6’0” 240) was the Seminoles’ long snapper for three seasons and also snapped for field goals for two and a half seasons. Despite playing in the Senior Bowl and the Texas vs. the Nation All-Star game as a long snapper in 2008 he went undrafted.

He did participate in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie camp that spring, but was not signed.

Sanborn also had a tryout with the Bills last June, and the club thought enough of his abilities to give him a second look. Sanborn will provide competition for Buffalo long snapper Ryan Neill, who has manned the position for the Bills for the past two seasons.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/bills-sign-tryout-long-snapper/d2559705-d151-4b84-8cb2-ae0f93a226f4

[Mahdi]

Re: Bills sign tryout long snapper

Bills head coach Dick Jauron said up to a handful of tryout players that attended Buffalo’s rookie minicamp last weekend could be signed and return for the start of OTAs later this month. The first player afforded that opportunity was long snapper Garrison Sanborn.

The former Florida State product appeared to have a quick and accurate delivery on short snaps for field goals during the weekend workouts. His specialty however, is long snapping and has been timed between .72 and .75 seconds on his delivery which is considered above average by NFL standards.

Sanborn (6’0” 240) was the Seminoles’ long snapper for three seasons and also snapped for field goals for two and a half seasons. Despite playing in the Senior Bowl and the Texas vs. the Nation All-Star game as a long snapper in 2008 he went undrafted.

He did participate in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie camp that spring, but was not signed.

Sanborn also had a tryout with the Bills last June, and the club thought enough of his abilities to give him a second look. Sanborn will provide competition for Buffalo long snapper Ryan Neill, who has manned the position for the Bills for the past two seasons.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/art...2-ae0f93a226f4

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[casdhf]

Re: Bills sign tryout long snapper

Can he play anything else, or does this guy strictly snap?

[Jan Reimers]

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Ah, yes, another position of need taken care of.

[Mahdi]

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Can he play anything else, or does this guy strictly snap?

6'0 240 means he strictly long snaps. Unless he is a beast of a LB.

[psubills62]

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6'0 240 means he strictly long snaps. Unless he is a beast of a LB.

Or a FB? Not that you want your long snapper trying to pave the way for the running game...

[Italian Stallion]

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great...uh...news???

[DBrown77]

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do you guys remember the errant snaps on punts last year? actually this is probably good news

[OpIv37]

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great...uh...news???

2 1/2 months til training camp- until then, stuff like this is going to have to pass for news.

The NFL off-season is excruciating.

[methos4ever]

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The fact he has an above average long snap (which as previously mentioned was a problem at times last year) is helpful, if he can push Neil off the roster. I'd rather just have a long-snapper again and go with one less DB than hold onto Neill who doesn't even play DE anymore.

[psubills62]

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The fact he has an above average long snap (which as previously mentioned was a problem at times last year) is helpful, if he can push Neil off the roster. I'd rather just have a long-snapper again and go with one less DB than hold onto Neill who doesn't even play DE anymore.

Yeah, I'm not sure I see the point of having our LS be able to play a position if he's never used there anyway.

[OpIv37]

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just out of curiosity, do most NFL teams keep long snappers solely to be long snappers, or do they play other roles on the team as well? I'm just wondering if this is common practice or another case of the Bills keeping an S/Ter at the expense of an offensive or defensive position.

[methos4ever]

Re: Bills sign tryout long snapper

just out of curiosity, do most NFL teams keep long snappers solely to be long snappers, or do they play other roles on the team as well? I'm just wondering if this is common practice or another case of the Bills keeping an S/Ter at the expense of an offensive or defensive position.

Op,
Some teams like the Redskins have had the same guy strictly as a LS for like 10-15 years. Others have them play multiple positions, like the Giants who have shifted DeOssie to LB/LS.

Our prior two - Dorenbos and Schneck were strictly LS. The Steelers cut Schneck because they wanted to save the money and I cannot recall how we got Dorenbos. Both are strictly LS on the Eagles and Falcons respectively.

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: Bills sign tryout long snapper

just out of curiosity, do most NFL teams keep long snappers solely to be long snappers, or do they play other roles on the team as well? I'm just wondering if this is common practice or another case of the Bills keeping an S/Ter at the expense of an offensive or defensive position.

I think most teams have a guy who only LS or a guy like Neill who is an emergency fill-in at a position.

With the rosters now at 53, I think most teams think they can afford the luxury.

[The Spaz]

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Op,
Some teams like the Redskins have had the same guy strictly as a LS for like 10-15 years. Others have them play multiple positions, like the Giants who have shifted DeOssie to LB/LS.

Our prior two - Dorenbos and Schneck were strictly LS. The Steelers cut Schneck because they wanted to save the money and I cannot recall how we got Dorenbos. Both are strictly LS on the Eagles and Falcons respectively.

Dorenbos we signed as a UDFA.