bartshan-83 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 *For those in the Philly/DE area, he is on Preston and Steve (93.3).* One of our local radio morning shows (non-sports) had two Eagles on this morning, Jason Babin and Jon Dorenbos. I remember him most for supposedly being an aspiring magician in addition to long-snapper. But man, the guy had some legit comedic chops. Babin was talking about how he had to buy his number (93) from a player when he signed. Dorenbos cut him off and said that when you are a long snapper, you don't get that option. Management just comes and tells you it's not yours anymore. He said when he was in Buffalo, he originally had #55, but then we drafted someone who wanted that. So he figured he could make a deal or something. Coaches just told him "No, we're just going to take that one. You'll be fine." I guess it was Angelo Crowell. He also talked about accidentally snapping a ball during a pre-game warm-up and hitting the kicker in the nuts and how he grew up a Seattle Mariners fan so when he got to play in the stadium for the first time, he crawled out to midfield and kissed the ground and the maintenance guys thought he was getting sick or something. Nothing wild here...but I just thought it was cool to hear him and was surprised at how natural he sounded. He could have been one of the hosts. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled Moran bashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Cthulhu Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Longsnappers, the Dane Cooks of the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 JW, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought I read one of your training camp stories quite a few years ago and you mentioned Dorenbos making a bowling ball disappear on the practice field. Could have been somebody else's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 The bowling ball was ok, but what was really impressive was watching him make Aaron Maybin vanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo39416 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 If I recall correctly - I'm pretty sure his mom was murdered by his dad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 The bowling ball was ok, but what was really impressive was watching him make Aaron Maybin vanish. Making Maybin disappear? What could be easier… just have him turn sideways. If I recall correctly - I'm pretty sure his mom was murdered by his dad? This is correct. Hoping Jon is a happy human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Longsnappers, the Dane Cooks of the NFL. The difference is Dorenbos has talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsMagic1 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 If I recall correctly - I'm pretty sure his mom was murdered by his dad? Believe that is how he got into Magic to take his pain away when he was young, th epoor kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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