Cowboys, L.P. Ladouceur's agent meet

[burmafrd]

Originally Posted by erod

Long snappers are tremendously overrated.

Until you don't have one.

Sign him.

hopefully Jerruh remembers the last time we let a top LS go over money

[Blast From The Past]

Originally Posted by Woods

According to the attached article, he hasn't had a bad snap since 2005. That's pretty impressive.

That is unbelievable! This guy needs to be brought back.

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by erod

Long snappers are tremendously overrated.

Until you don't have one.

Sign him.

After the 1st couple of snaps sail over the punters head or has no zip on it so that it can get blocked then it becomes a major problem.

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by LittleD

that so many who follow the Cowboys are clones of JJ. You want to hang on to older expensive players who are over their prime. You don't see New England hanging on to older players and handing out ridiculous contracts. They are even willing to let stars go like Welker before they overpay for players. We are doomed to mediocrity...

Or maybe like so many, you really have no clue about the "prime" of long snappers. Ladouceur is in his prime. Long snappers usually play through their mid-30s because they simply aren't on the field enough to wear out like position players.

Signing a long snapper Ladouceur's age is far from abnormal, but I guess that makes others in the league clones of JJ, too. For instance, San Francisco signed its long snapper to a five-year deal in 2009. He was 32 at the time.

Flawless long snappers are hard to find, so if you find one, you don't let go until it's necessary to let go.

I like Hughlett, too, by the way, but there's no reason to take a risk with him when long snappers are relatively inexpensive.

[Dash28]

Originally Posted by LittleD

that so many who follow the Cowboys are clones of JJ. You want to hang on to older expensive players who are over their prime. You don't see New England hanging on to older players and handing out ridiculous contracts. They are even willing to let stars go like Welker before they overpay for players. We are doomed to mediocrity...

[Kristen82]

Sure DEN's Aaron Brewer is only 22 and WAS' Nick Sundberg is only 26, but CHI's Pat Mannelly is 37 and TEN's Mike Leach is 36. Age doesn't really matter, as long as you can do it, and young or old long-snappers don't get paid that much so it's not like you'll ever need to dump one because they're getting too expensive.

And every team has a LS. There are enough spots on the roster that you can afford to carry a player with a highly specialized set of responsibilities, or in this case responsibility.

[koolaid]

Resign him!

Long snapper has to be one of the best careers in the NFL.