Kinchen says that to this day he cant watch the NE SB snap on FG.
He was in the SB buy praying to go home
Long snapper is a psychological test and is the most yips prone position in football.
Once a long snapper misses a few snaps they are often "done."
Missing a few FGs, passes etc is built into the position - misses are expected.
LSs don't get that - send a few snaps over a punters head and that will usually end a career.
It used to be worse when the LS actually had to block while being targeted for head jams and such
The LG's mind gets screwed and the over-thinking, trepidation, false premonitions can really escalation.
Kinchen describes all that pretty well,
Snaps for FG and extra points are much easier than for punts (I was a LS in HS)
Kinchen was the Patriots’ long snapper in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
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