L.P. Ladouceur gets five-year deal - Page 3 - Dallas Cowboys Forum

Vinnie2u · 02-28-2013

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Originally Posted by burmafrd

I would say Ware beats both of them; AND Witten too.

Witten yes. Ware before his injury didn't doit when it counted.

Titleist · 02-28-2013

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Originally Posted by Vinnie2u

What does it say about our team when the most reliable and consistent guys on our team are Dan Bailey and LP Ladoucuer.

It says that we don't have to worry about a botched long snap or a kick within 50 yards. I'm good with that.

JoeyBoy718 · 02-28-2013

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Originally Posted by Titleist

It says that we don't have to worry about a botched long snap or a kick within 50 yards. I'm good with that.

It worked for the Vikings.

ologan · 02-28-2013

I don't have any idea how many snaps he gets a year, but even if he only snapped for as many punts/FG's/PAT's that he did his rookie year, which I believe Wikipiedia said was 125-130, and baseing it on a salary of 800K a year, that means he gets $6200/$6300 per snap. Not a bad salary. Glad we kept him.

burmafrd · 03-01-2013

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Originally Posted by Vinnie2u

Witten yes. Ware before his injury didn't doit when it counted.

sometimes I wonder if you bother to ever actually watch the games

Nav22 · 03-01-2013

If he botches ONE snap next year that ends up costing us a game, Jerry will be hammered for this deal by the Captain Hindsight fans.

Ah, the life of a long-snapper.

AbeBeta · 03-01-2013

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Originally Posted by Vinnie2u

What does it say about our team when the most reliable and consistent guys on our team are Dan Bailey and LP Ladoucuer.

It says that their contributions are easily quantified.

If a player's job only involves one or two things that are easily recorded as being a success or a failure, it is easy to judge if they are doing well or not. That sort of evaluation is easy for a kicker. It is hard for an offensive lineman.

conner01 · 03-01-2013

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Originally Posted by Idgit

I'm raising my kids to learn how to long-snap. Man, that's an underrated job. $4M/year to mostly watch Cowboy games from one of the best seats in the house.

i have always wondered why more fringe players on the roster don't learn that job. i would think alot of guys could actually do it if they took the time, especially guys who have deep snapped in college some. not a bad gig to have

elcowboi · 03-01-2013

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Originally Posted by AMERICAS_FAN

Great, that's less than 1 million a year, which leaves me to wonder which poster on this site is about to post a new thread titled "Romo should take LP Ladoucuer's lead".

I wonder what the franchise tag is for a LS. Lol.

**Idgit** · 03-01-2013

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Originally Posted by conner01

i have always wondered why more fringe players on the roster don't learn that job. i would think alot of guys could actually do it if they took the time, especially guys who have deep snapped in college some. not a bad gig to have

No kidding. For a backup interior lineman to get activated on game day. There must be a good reason why it's impractical, but I can't imagine it.

burmafrd · 03-02-2013

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Originally Posted by Idgit

No kidding. For a backup interior lineman to get activated on game day. There must be a good reason why it's impractical, but I can't imagine it.

when you think of how little you play and how little your body gets beat up doing that; and you can make good money at it. You would think a lot of guys would try and become a LS.

IT must be a lot harder then it seems.