29 Dec

Eagles Sign Magician For 5 Years

Eagles Long Snapper/Magician Jon Dorenbos

Jon Dorenbos could have tested unrestricted free agency, and with the scarcity of long snappers in the league, he would have probably gotten a pretty sweet deal somewhere in the league. But he bypassed that opportunity and instead signed a five-year contract extension on Saturday that keeps him an Eagle through 2012.”There is no other team I wanted to be with except these guys,” said Dorenbos, who joined the Eagles last year after Pro Bowl long snapper Mike Bartrum suffered a career-ending back injury. “This last year is the happiest I’ve been, I would say, overall, in my entire life.”

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How many teams have a long snapper who can pull a rabbit out of a hat?