LS Taybor Pepper

Originally posted by captveg:
Maybe he saw something that contributed to FG or Punting mistakes.

No. We need a new kicker too.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:
Getting cut for not letting Deebo do Deebo things to the kicker

Absolutely this! Kyle's one last parting gift to Deebo; Kyle: "you f**k with my homie your time is done"

Who was our snapper before taybor. He was a popular guy. Referred to as the red snapper. On Lamont and tanelli (ksjo)

I mean; I know a way to save money of this position. Let the f**kin center or backup center long snap. I've always thought the LS was a waste of a roster spot and active 46.

I've said this before and got heat for it though. Nothing would change my mind on this lol

Maybe they're replacing the entire kicking chain - snapper, holder, and kicker. Missing kicks cost us 3 games last year.

Originally posted by 1ovydog:

Originally posted by captveg:
Maybe he saw something that contributed to FG or Punting mistakes.

No. We need a new kicker too.

I said contributed, not caused. There can be more than one contributing factor.

Originally posted by 49ers808:
I mean; I know a way to save money of this position. Let the f**kin center or backup center long snap. I've always thought the LS was a waste of a roster spot and active 46.

I've said this before and got heat for it though. Nothing would change my mind on this lol

I've wondered this too. Isn't Manbun Pepper at least 50lbs less than a nfl center? Maybe his lack of mass is allowing too much pressure up the middle. But on the other hand I've seen centers botch critical long snaps.

Originally posted by bors:
Who was our snapper before taybor. He was a popular guy. Referred to as the red snapper. On Lamont and tanelli (ksjo)

Brian Jennings

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:

Originally posted by bors:
Who was our snapper before taybor. He was a popular guy. Referred to as the red snapper. On Lamont and tanelli (ksjo)

Brian Jennings

Legend

Now replace the stupid punter and kicker for f**ks sake

I'm honestly curious why we made this move.

We're paying the new guy more money(200k I believe) and he's 9 years older(and looks 19 years older)

Do we have any long snapping experts here lol? I don't recall Pepper being an issue with his snapping. Wonder if this is a personality conflict thing.

Originally posted by mitpdub:

Originally posted by 49ers808:
I mean; I know a way to save money of this position. Let the f**kin center or backup center long snap. I've always thought the LS was a waste of a roster spot and active 46.

I've said this before and got heat for it though. Nothing would change my mind on this lol

I've wondered this too. Isn't Manbun Pepper at least 50lbs less than a nfl center? Maybe his lack of mass is allowing too much pressure up the middle. But on the other hand I've seen centers botch critical long snaps.

That's the answer.

A quick random check of long snappers around the league shows that most are under 250 pounds. The LS on punts needs to be agile enough to get down field and occupy a blocker. Very few Centers will be able to cover like a LS.

NFL rules that the defense cannot line up directly over the Long Snapper. Holding out pressure is not dependent on the LS. He may get involved after the snap but his immediate concern is being able to snap the ball accurately. He must be looking back to do that, hence the rule against lining up over the center.

Originally posted by genus49:
I'm honestly curious why we made this move.

We're paying the new guy more money(200k I believe) and he's 9 years older(and looks 19 years older)

Do we have any long snapping experts here lol? I don't recall Pepper being an issue with his snapping. Wonder if this is a personality conflict thing.

Seems like , from the posts, we have a lot of experts in here.

Originally posted by 49ers808:
I mean; I know a way to save money of this position. Let the f**kin center or backup center long snap. I've always thought the LS was a waste of a roster spot and active 46.

I've said this before and got heat for it though. Nothing would change my mind on this lol

You will get heat again.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by 49ers808:
I mean; I know a way to save money of this position. Let the f**kin center or backup center long snap. I've always thought the LS was a waste of a roster spot and active 46.

I've said this before and got heat for it though. Nothing would change my mind on this lol

You will get heat again.

Don't care. What's the heat? It takes a special talent to snap a ball 5 yards further than a center can? Or a special talent to run down the field .3 seconds faster than a center to not get the tackle in punt coverage?