L.P. Ladouceur gets five-year deal

[burmafrd]

How do you judge whether someone is the best at that position?

Clearly LP is good, but how do you determine the quality of others skillset at the position?

.....Unless you were just joking.

as has been pointed out he has not had a bad snap ever as far as anyone can tell.

So no one can do better right?

Therefore your question is kind of answered right?

 

[AbeBeta]

Nick Eatman ‏@nickeatman
LP Ladoucuer has officially signed 5yr deal .. Deal is worth around $4 million as total package

I expect he got near minimums and a small SB ... check that -- reported 600k SB

 

[Pottsville Maroons]

long snap..... to mostly watch Cowboy games from one of the best seats in the house.

If you think watching the game upside down and behind/between your legs is "one of the best seats in the house", I'm glad you didn't design the current stadium.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

Reliable

 

[Kristen82]

I always wondered who came up with the idea for snapping in the first place. You bend over and shove/throw the ball backwards from between your legs. Just seems a little...unnecessary.

 

[arglebargle]

I always wondered who came up with the idea for snapping in the first place. You bend over and shove/throw the ball backwards from between your legs. Just seems a little...unnecessary.

Check out some videos of Rugby scrums...

 

[arglebargle]

He got robbed. Probably the best long snapper in the game, for years.

His wife is from San Antonio, and she and her family are big Cowboys fans. I imagine there's some side benefits there.....

 

[JoeyBoy718]

He got robbed. Probably the best long snapper in the game, for years.

At least we got the best something at their position.

 

[Vinnie2u]

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

 

[burmafrd]

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

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

 

[Vinnie2u]

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

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

 

[Titleist]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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". :laugh2:

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

 

[Idgit]

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.