hawknation2016":3tje4z4z said:Extrapolating Pete's comments, it seems they are looking for a long snapper who is a better athlete than Clint Gresham (and perhaps at a lower salary). Tyler Ott is a really good athlete (played TE at Harvard) who may have a better ability to make tackles with the punt team. He snapped for the Giants last season.
NFL rules protect the long snapper on punts by prohibiting defenders from lining up inside the snapper’s shoulder pads. This gives the athletic long snapper free reign to get downfield faster without having to circumvent a blocker.
Despite the shoulder injury, Nolan Frese made more tackles in the preseason than Gresham had in his entire Seahawks career. Hopefully, Ott provides steady long snapping -- and health -- as well as athleticism and tackling ability.
hawknation2016":w6zp9mqt said:Extrapolating Pete's comments, it seems they are looking for a long snapper who is a better athlete than Clint Gresham (and perhaps at a lower salary). Tyler Ott is a really good athlete (played TE at Harvard) who may have a better ability to make tackles with the punt team. He snapped for the Giants last season.
NFL rules protect the long snapper on punts by prohibiting defenders from lining up inside the snapper’s shoulder pads. This gives the athletic long snapper free reign to get downfield faster without having to circumvent a blocker.
Despite the shoulder injury, Nolan Frese made more tackles in the preseason than Gresham had in his entire Seahawks career. Hopefully, Ott provides steady long snapping -- and health -- as well as athleticism and tackling ability.
Hawks46":129ziog5 said:Spot on. Pete said something like Frese's 5 ST tackles in 2 games was pretty incredible from the LS position.
So for craps and giggles, I watched the LS on a punt fest of a 4th preseason game. And I'll be damned if I saw Frese down on nearly every tackle. He was either making the returner fair catch it, making him make an immediate cut, or getting in on the tackle.
He was right there with the gunners and fastest guys getting tackles.
Great post. I had heard this from Pete earlier but was struggling on how to explain it here. You did it perfectly I think.hawknation2016":8sz4kkbd said:Extrapolating Pete's comments, it seems they are looking for a long snapper who is a better athlete than Clint Gresham (and perhaps at a lower salary). Tyler Ott is a really good athlete (played TE at Harvard) who may have a better ability to make tackles with the punt team. He snapped for the Giants last season.
NFL rules protect the long snapper on punts by prohibiting defenders from lining up inside the snapper’s shoulder pads. This gives the athletic long snapper free reign to get downfield faster without having to circumvent a blocker.
Despite the shoulder injury, Nolan Frese made more tackles in the preseason than Gresham had in his entire Seahawks career. Hopefully, Ott provides steady long snapping -- and health -- as well as athleticism and tackling ability.
hawknation2016":t6v2xk55 said:Extrapolating Pete's comments, it seems they are looking for a long snapper who is a better athlete than Clint Gresham (and perhaps at a lower salary). Tyler Ott is a really good athlete (played TE at Harvard) who may have a better ability to make tackles with the punt team. He snapped for the Giants last season.
NFL rules protect the long snapper on punts by prohibiting defenders from lining up inside the snapper’s shoulder pads. This gives the athletic long snapper free reign to get downfield faster without having to circumvent a blocker.
Despite the shoulder injury, Nolan Frese made more tackles in the preseason than Gresham had in his entire Seahawks career. Hopefully, Ott provides steady long snapping -- and health -- as well as athleticism and tackling ability.