But if someone is just plain incompetent, and I mean can NOT do their job on a consistent basis or at all, then I'm sorry, that person needs to go.
That brings me to the question... Who sucks more? The St. Louis Rams or Cincinnati Bengals long snapper Brad St. Louis?
Honestly, he gets paid a couple hundred thousand dollars a year to do ONE THING on a football field. It's the only thing he practices, it's the only thing he does on the team, he can't get distracted by other duties... He just snaps the ball behind him and gets in the way of someone who's trying to run past him. And he can't do his one simple thing that at least 31 other people in the league can do on a consistent basis. There has GOT to be a long snapper that's out of work! Or hell, maybe one of our tackles or centers can fill in. It'll free up a roster spot and we can go pick up DeDe Dorsey (oh wait he's busy running over people as maybe the most talented player in the new UFL. I should check that out sometime, I think I get the Versus network on dish)!
If he's not gone by next week then I suggest Cincinnati holds a public, open tryout. We could even make a reality TV show out of it... Long Snapper Idol. So You Think You Can Long Snap. Whatever. But we pay taxes to fund the Cincinnati Bengals football stadium which houses our home team, and as such we should have certain expectations of the product they put on that field. One of these days an errant snap is going to cost the Bengals a game, and in today's league winning is money. The more you win, the easier it is to market the team as a product, and the more money you can make. It's as simple as that.
So Brad St. Louis, I wish you luck in your future no matter what you do. Go start a public speech campaign as a living example of why college athletes should finish their degrees before going pro.
That having been said... Who-Dey! 3-0 in the AFC North. Who'd've thunk it?
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