Bills Sign Reid Ferguson to 3-Year Extension**$675,000 signing bonus makes him NFL’s top paid long snapper

[chongli]

 

 

 

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

I'm glad we got in early. Several teams have up and coming elite long snappers and they will want to reset the market too. Beane is working these fools.

[without a drought]

22 hours ago, TroutDog said:

Who was it here who hated these teams signings? Do we really need a long snapper? 😃 

What's his purpose?

 

Punting, field goals and extra points are for gutless teams.

[wjag]

He's also hands down the best listen to on mic'd up segments.

[HalftimeAdjustment]

11 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

Yes. I believe he actually lives in Buffalo year round. 

 

Well then I guess he is a "process" guy... back up the Brinks truck.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, chongli said:

 

 

 

Probably not off the 'value menu'...

[klos63]

22 hours ago, Limeaid said:

Sal Capaccio 

@SalSports

Since 2017, The Bills have attempted 549 punts, field goals, and extra points combined. Reid Ferguson has snapped on every single one of them without a hitch. Zero errant snaps in 549 attempts. Impressive.

 

I wonder if center gets dinged and he needs to go in to replace center will his agent ask him to start holding out.

Jinx

 

[BillsShredder83]

22 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Garrison Sanborn

Yesssss lol thank you! Wonder what he's up to

[Victory Formation]

Watch him show up to camp 300lbs.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

When he gets his own radio show with its own catchy theme, we'll know he's hit the Big Time.

 

[Buffalo716]

On 5/29/2021 at 8:23 AM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I always admired long snappers. It’s the way “normal people” can game the system and end up playing college and pro ball.  

You act like he's not a good athlete

 

The dude is in way better shape than a normal person

 

And he makes tackles on punts after snapping.. no average Joe can do that

 

What he did do was choose a safer and smarter football career choice. When he was 15 years old in high school he could have tried to be a TE or C in college

 

But he's probably smart enough to know he was one of the best long snappers in the country, at a position that doesn't get banged up 

 

So let's focus on that

 

I would say he's not even close to an average Joe athletically. I don't think an average Joe can make it through 4 years of LSU strength and conditioning 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 30, 2021 by Buffalo716

[skibum]

Can you imagine being paid a million bucks per year (and getting wined and dined to boot, no doubt), and all you have to do is hit the gym a lot and do your job for 90 seconds per week. Oh, and you also get about six months of vacation per year. Why isn't every big kid in America trying to become an NFL long snapper? 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

36 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

You act like he's not a good athlete

 

The dude is in way better shape than a normal person

 

And he makes tackles on punts after snapping.. no average Joe can do that

 

What he did do was choose a safer and smarter football career choice. When he was 15 years old in high school he could have tried to be a TE or C in college

 

But he's probably smart enough to know he was one of the best long snappers in the country, at a position that doesn't get banged up 

 

So let's focus on that

 

I would say he's not even close to an average Joe athletically. I don't think an average Joe can make it through 4 years of LSU strength and conditioning 

 

 

 

 

 

well, not My intent to suggest he isn’t a good athlete.  But I have known a decent amount of guys that could have never really started on the HS or college football team, devoted their time to becoming excellent long snappers (which is a real skill), and were able to play that way. 
 

I am sure at the NFL level, the long snappers are decent athletes in their own right. But I suspect they also aren’t in the same class of athletes of the other position players on the team. That’s why you never seen these long snappers take up another backup position spot too— eg, there is no chance they would put Reid in as the backup center. 

[Buffalo716]

2 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

well, not My intent to suggest he isn’t a good athlete.  But I have known a decent amount of guys that could have never really started on the HS or college football team, devoted their time to becoming excellent long snappers (which is a real skill), and were able to play that way. 
 

I am sure at the NFL level, the long snappers are decent athletes in their own right. But I suspect they also aren’t in the same class of athletes of the other position players on the team. That’s why you never seen these long snappers take up another backup position spot too— eg, there is no chance they would put Reid in as the backup center. 

Well if you actually stated that the first time I would have agreed

 

Of course their not on the same level as athletes as the rest of the playing field.. one is in the top 1%.. one is like the top 10-15% 

 

But he's still a much better athlete than the average Joe.. of course he couldn't play center

[Punching Bag]

3 hours ago, skibum said:

Can you imagine being paid a million bucks per year (and getting wined and dined to boot, no doubt), and all you have to do is hit the gym a lot and do your job for 90 seconds per week. Oh, and you also get about six months of vacation per year. Why isn't every big kid in America trying to become an NFL long snapper? 

 

A lot of the big kids not smart enough and not consistent enough?

[Bronxbomber21]

I should've learned how to be a long snapper growing up easy way to the NFL. Plus i would get to play with my favorite team and get payed millions and i would have the best seat in the house for games

[njbuff]

Somewhere Adam Lingner is smiling.

 

And this was one of "Whaley's and Wreck's" good pick ups.

 

Ferguson is the 2nd longest tenured Bill on the roster.

[NoSaint]

On 5/30/2021 at 1:34 PM, Buffalo716 said:

You act like he's not a good athlete

 

The dude is in way better shape than a normal person

 

And he makes tackles on punts after snapping.. no average Joe can do that

 

What he did do was choose a safer and smarter football career choice. When he was 15 years old in high school he could have tried to be a TE or C in college

 

But he's probably smart enough to know he was one of the best long snappers in the country, at a position that doesn't get banged up 

 

So let's focus on that

 

I would say he's not even close to an average Joe athletically. I don't think an average Joe can make it through 4 years of LSU strength and conditioning 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 5/30/2021 at 1:34 PM, Buffalo716 said:

You act like he's not a good athlete

 

The dude is in way better shape than a normal person

 

And he makes tackles on punts after snapping.. no average Joe can do that

 

What he did do was choose a safer and smarter football career choice. When he was 15 years old in high school he could have tried to be a TE or C in college

 

But he's probably smart enough to know he was one of the best long snappers in the country, at a position that doesn't get banged up 

 

So let's focus on that

 

I would say he's not even close to an average Joe athletically. I don't think an average Joe can make it through 4 years of LSU strength and conditioning 

 

 

 

 

 

holy overreaction, Batman 

[Buffalo716]

12 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

 

holy overreaction, Batman 

 🤣 I just think it's crazy to call any NFL player an average Joe athletically

[NoSaint]

1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:

 🤣 I just think it's crazy to call any NFL player an average Joe athletically

Yea, I think everyone in the room took it as an average athlete among athletic people and not an all world guy. that someone with the right frame and moderate gifts could dedicate themselves to it and possibly succeed. 
 

 Not that if you grabbed 3 random dudes out of line at the game one could step with some good coaching during warm ups in and 1 would be a coin flip