LS Kyle Nelson (waived)

Originally posted by NinersFan52:

Originally posted by 49ers808:

I might be alone in this thinking but I always thought that the LS was a waste of a roster spot. Can easily just have a backup lineman be the LS imo. Skule looked fine in that one rep

Do you remember how Gould looked last year with a variety of LS's while Kyle was suspended? Kicking is a HUGE mental game, and the confidence a LS provides that kicker is very much needed..

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by NinersFan52:

Originally posted by 49ers808:

I might be alone in this thinking but I always thought that the LS was a waste of a roster spot. Can easily just have a backup lineman be the LS imo. Skule looked fine in that one rep

Do you remember how Gould looked last year with a variety of LS's while Kyle was suspended? Kicking is a HUGE mental game, and the confidence a LS provides that kicker is very much needed..

I mean it would be the same backup OL doing it, not a variety of them lol. I've never seen a LS f**kup that many times in one game. This same question was asked of Shanny in today's presser and he said what you guys are saying. I still agree to disagree, I'd use the roster spot on another position. Long snapping isn't that hard plain and simple.

Originally posted by libertyforever:

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by NinersFan52:

Originally posted by 49ers808:
I might be alone in this thinking but I always thought that the LS was a waste of a roster spot. Can easily just have a backup lineman be the LS imo. Skule looked fine in that one rep

Do you remember how Gould looked last year with a variety of LS's while Kyle was suspended? Kicking is a HUGE mental game, and the confidence a LS provides that kicker is very much needed..

I mean it would be the same backup OL doing it, not a variety of them lol. I've never seen a LS f**kup that many times in one game. This same question was asked of Shanny in today's presser and he said what you guys are saying. I still agree to disagree, I'd use the roster spot on another position. Long snapping isn't that hard plain and simple.

I disagree. Centers in this league have bad shotgun snaps quite often, but thr QB in a shotgun formation can often catch a bad snap standing up. With a holder kneeling down, the quality of the snap needs to be much better and precise. Also, center in this league don't do 15 yard punt snaps. That might be much harder than FG snaps. In this league you often see teams lossing a game because of a miss FG. You really need a quality long snapper and not just have a center doing long snapping.

Originally posted by tohara3:

Hope he shakes that game & no more issues for Nelson

Originally posted by NCommand:
Cold blooded! Kyle doesn't even have these standards for his other positions. Imagine if he brought in some T's after McGlinchey's week 1 performance. LOL.

Kyle Shanahan said long-snapper Kyle Nelson apologized to him today. Nelson had five bad snaps Sunday. "I told him that fortunately it didn't cost us anything," Shanahan said. The #49ers will bring in some long-snappers to work out tomorrow, and the team will decide what to do.

— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) September 28, 2020

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Yeah, Long Snapping isn't just simple, like you said Centers have a hard time snapping in shotgun, now try doing it when the PK or P are further from the LOS, especially the Punter.

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Yeah, Long Snapping isn't just simple, like you said Centers have a hard time snapping in shotgun, now try doing it when the PK or P are further from the LOS, especially the Punter.

You can literally be blind and long snap lol. It's not hard to do. If it were, there wouldn't be multiple people available that we are working out right now to replace Nelson. Is it important, of course, it can change games if the snap isn't good.

[video]https://youtu.be/k1JFbD1cZ7g[video]

Originally posted by Youngone:

Originally posted by tohara3:

Hope he shakes that game & no more issues for Nelson

Yeah I'd hate for a dude to lose his job because of one messed up day.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Yeah, Long Snapping isn't just simple, like you said Centers have a hard time snapping in shotgun, now try doing it when the PK or P are further from the LOS, especially the Punter.

You can literally be blind and long snap lol. It's not hard to do. If it were, there wouldn't be multiple people available that we are working out right now to replace Nelson. Is it important, of course, it can change games if the snap isn't good.

[video]https://youtu.be/k1JFbD1cZ7g[video]

There are lots of people available at all positions across the NFL. The availability of free agents doesn't mean long snapping takes no skill. No correlation.