For Eagles’ Dorenbos, Pro Bowl selection was a shocking development
As the Eagles’ long-snapper, Jon Dorenbos said yesterday he was happy just to have kicker David Akers going to the Pro Bowl, Dorenbos taking pride in his part of the field-goal operation that helped Akers tie for the NFL lead, with 32, this past season. Dorenbos was “shocked,” he said yesterday, to be added to the NFC team as the long-snapper. “There’s a lot of good snappers,” he said, “a lot of deserving snappers, too.” Long-snapping is one of the most anonymous yet crucial jobs in the NFL, one that doesn’t translate easily into statistics. “There is a stat in long-snapping,” Dorenbos said in a conference call with reporters, “you either have a job or you don’t.” Dorenbos noted that his …
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For Eagles’ Dorenbos, Pro Bowl selection was a shocking development
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