Falcons Lose Long Snapper Mike Schneck For The Season

by Dave the Falconer on Nov 5, 2009 11:59 AM EST Comment 22 comments

Another day, another injury.

Many of you are probably relieved that these aren't star players going down, and with good reason. Still, Mike Schneck was quietly a very good player in his limited role, and replacement Bryan Pittman will have to do just as well. With a long snapper, invisibility is your best trait. If you do your job well, nobody notices you, and during his time on the time, Schneck was rarely visible. As a free agent after the season, he may not be coming back.

Still....these injuries, man. They trouble me.

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Stop it please! what have done to deserve this?

I'll Have A Matty Ice Please.

by IllHaveAMattyIcePlease on Nov 5, 2009 12:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Smitty upset Vishnu with his bushy eyebrows

Reporter: How will you address all of the dropped passes?

Mike Smith: I don’t think that we were as sharp as we have been catching the football. It’s something that is very fixable. It’s VERY fixable.

by FrankyWren on Nov 5, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Hope the new guy does well

Memory plays tricks sometimes, but it seems that bad snaps tend to be pivotal in games. Good luck Mr. Pittman!

by tom slick on Nov 5, 2009 12:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

man...

I can’t believe we are hearing Moore Fudged up Bull-Schneck. Williams it ever stop? It’s like we are losing a player Peria game and it’s putting us in a Harry situation.

(Did I miss anybody?)

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Nov 5, 2009 12:24 PM EST reply actions 10 recs

Nice

Rec’d.

by Dave the Falconer on Nov 5, 2009 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bah dah pah!

Reporter: How will you address all of the dropped passes?

Mike Smith: I don’t think that we were as sharp as we have been catching the football. It’s something that is very fixable. It’s VERY fixable.

by FrankyWren on Nov 5, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Meh?

Nah!

Life is a garden. Dig it!

by Hardcore Falcon on Nov 5, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Smooooth...

Well done!

For your sake, I’m glad we weren’t talking about the Week 9 Injury Report:
DE John Abraham (foot), DT Jonathan Babineaux (ankle), T Sam Baker (ankle), WR Brian Finneran (ankle), DT Thomas Johnson (calf), LB Curits Lofton (knee, ankle), RB Jerious Norwood (hip), RB Jason Snelling (hamstring), WR Eric Weems (ankle), WR Roddy White (knee), TE Keith Zinger (back).

by tom slick on Nov 5, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Abundance of ankles

Did we pick up Kathy Bates as a strength coach or something?

by NeedATicketToTheGame on Nov 6, 2009 11:46 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

You guys are on fire

by Dave the Falconer on Nov 6, 2009 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lots of ankles all right

Have the Falcons even played a game on grass this year? Lot of fake turf teams on the schedule. Nice ref to Kathy Bates’ Oscar performance!

by tom slick on Nov 6, 2009 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Dimitroff picked up Kathy to keep these guys here in Atlanta

(rimshot)

by NeedATicketToTheGame on Nov 6, 2009 6:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You Sir

are a saint (not the black & gold ones) and a scholar.

In Dimitroff we trust

by Bonhoffer on Nov 5, 2009 1:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It seriously feels like even the divine want us to not get 9 wins.

Holy smokes. There is no other thing to say about this.

by Zippo729 on Nov 5, 2009 9:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

voodoo curse?

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. - Bill Shankly

by armchair quarterback on Nov 6, 2009 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Is so, then I blame the Saints fans.

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Nov 6, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

damn!!

we have to have the most injuries in the league this year …this is CRAZY!! we need harry douglas back …and norwood

by Ant13 on Nov 5, 2009 10:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

No way

Football Outsiders’ data through Week 6 showed us as one of the healthiest teams up to that point this year. It didn’t take into account players that would miss upcoming games (IR), but there were at least 7 teams listed that knew they had more guys that would be missing time.

The only injured guys that are a big deal are Harry Douglas (#3 WR – I do think we still miss him though), Peria Jerry (a rookie DT – JA98 and others have helped soften this blow), and Brian Williams (a decent, not great, CB – we have plenty of guys able to handle his role).

Once Moore missed all of training camp, there was almost no chance of him getting regular playing time this year (remember DeCoud only played special teams last year, even when there were injuries). Fudge was a back-up/special teams guy – the definition of a replaceable part. We won’t even notice he’s gone. Long Snapper? C’mon. As much as I love Norwood, he was at most going to get 100 carries, and last year was the first time he’s played all 16 games. He is not a huge loss.

If we start hearing names like Ryan, Lofton, Abraham, White, Turner – that’s cause for concern. Otherwise, we’ll be fine!

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by orang3b on Nov 6, 2009 8:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Optimism?

How dare you!

Seriously, though, I see your point. The problem is that every time we lose one of these guys, it affects our depth.

by Dave the Falconer on Nov 6, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

Potentially forcing someone of considerably less skill and talent into 2-deep rotation, which could be disasterous at the wrong time. But to play devil’s advocate, these guys made the league for a reason so when provided an opportunity I’m hoping that they succeed.

by Jesse28 on Nov 6, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Several hours and one speeding ticket later

Still troubled by injuries. I really hope this is the extent of it for this season, because there’s not many more guys we could lose who wouldn’t severely affect the season.

by Dave the Falconer on Nov 6, 2009 2:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs