tbozeglav Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 I don't know if it has been brought up before, but what in the world is with our snapper and his inability to snap the ball to the QBs hands, not over his head? I keep seeing this and wondering if the guy is just kinda launching it back there in hopes that it'd hit its target or if he's just that bad. It just seems like these horrid snaps are throwing off the timing of the offense and in turn is making it harder for us to run both the running game and the passing game. The QB is already in the shotgun formation so he can read the defenses better and have more time to make adjustments, but a bad snap is causing him to lose valuable time to make said reads. Its just killing our offense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 This is well documented here at ZipsNation. NOBODY is happy with this.J.D. Brookhart Press Conference QuotesQuestion: Does Elliot Bates (center) high snaps affect the play?It does affect the timing of the play. He is our best answer at center after the graduation of starter Mike Schepp. Elliott is leading that group well. It is not easy to snap and step laterally at the same time and still deliver a fast, waist high snap. He probably snapped 10,000 balls this summer. He is very diligent and works very hard at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 I can certainly understand how this is causing timing problems...I sometimes see Jac have to move pretty fast to get plays executed. This makes me think....when we run that play where the receiver comes around in motion before the snap, and takes a misdirection handoff or pitch, that play moves so quickly that a high snap could be a disaster.I don't have a replay to look at....but could this have been what happened when we ran that play on 3rd and goal and fumbled against BG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbozeglav Posted October 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 I can certainly understand how this is causing timing problems...I sometimes see Jac have to move pretty fast to get plays executed. This makes me think....when we run that play where the receiver comes around in motion before the snap, and takes a misdirection handoff or pitch, that play moves so quickly that a high snap could be a disaster.I don't have a replay to look at....but could this have been what happened when we ran that play on 3rd and goal and fumbled against BG?its very possible. A WR pitch or handoff would be destroyed by a snap the QB has to get out of position for. Honestly, most of the time you see snaps going low because of it being a shotgun snap, but i cannot begin to understand how our snapper can be consistently snapping it high... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 The BG game provided an interesting contrast, because THEIR center kept snapping the ball consistently LOW to Sheehan (of course, that's easier to do with his height). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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