Remember how Goode became our long snapper?
Rob Davis had just retired. He had been our long snapper for many years. He took a job with the front office.
Anyway, Ted brought in a new kid and he was doing great.
Then, in the LAST PRESEASON GAME, then-punter John Ryan went off script. Under a heavy rush, he pulled the ball down and ran with it, getting a first down.
HOWEVER, in the ensuing chaos of the broken play, our new long snapper went down for the year with a knee injury.
Rob Davis couldn't come out of retirement to help us out, because of a rule designed to prevent teams from stashing players in front office gigs.
Goode was working laying concrete driveways in his hometown, when he got the call.
He did great. Dude came in with less than a week before the first game, having had no training camp under his belt and performed well without a hitch.
John Ryan was cut the next day, and they brought in Derrick Frost, who turned out to be a disaster. BUT, he didn't change plays or leave the team in a lurch. Except by shanking punts, of course.
Originally Posted by: nerdmann