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The award will honor the collegiate long snapper that best illustrates the values Chicago Bears Jerseys 2019 , incredible impact, and utmost integrity the position has in football."Being who you thought we were since 2005!FanshotsSectionsBearsOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Latest NewsThe Bears DenNotesXs and OsSuperfansBreaking News:The Bears' 2019 Draft class is complete!脳Latest NewsNewsFrom The Desk Of...The value of the mullet: Patrick Mannelly Award officially unveiled New,5commentsThe award will honor the collegiate long snapper that best illustrates the values, incredible impact, and utmost integrity the position has in football. CSTShareTweetShareShareThe value of the mullet: Patrick Mannelly Award officially unveiled When your team needs you to step up, it’s time to launch that ball back. Those in Chicago know the value of the long snapper: by far one of the most important positions in football. A slot on any team roster that almost comes close to the same value as a franchise quarterback. I say almost because quarterbacks don’t share the same pressure that the man in the special teams middle does. So it’s now fully appropriate that the greatest long snapper of all-time in Bears legend Patrick Mannelly has created an award to honor the best collegiate long snapper. No one quite understands the components and inherent value of a long snapper like Mannelly: who played 16 years for the Bears, and was robbed of a Pro Bowl, All-Pro David Montgomery Chicago Bears Jerseys , and MVP selection in most of those seasons. The deserved future Hall of Famer is making waves to make up for it for those that aren’t in the spotlight, but should be. “Long snappers are the ultimate anonymous and unsung heroes of football,” Mannelly said to lead off his announcement of one of the most prestigious awards in college football. “No successful field goal, extra point, or punt can take place without an excellent long snap that gets it all started.”The award founded by Mannelly, Kevin Gold, and Chris Rubio aims to shine a light on these unnoticed but essential components of football. It’s high time we recognize the sport’s most valuable player as such. The only shame is that the big boys in the NFL haven’t yet followed the collegiate ranks’ high class example. Robert is the Editor-in-chief of The Blitz Network, the managing editor of Windy City Gridiron Youth William Perry Jerseys , and has a host of bylines for many fine publications. You can follow him on Twitter @RobertZeglinski. As the confetti falls at the conclusion of every Super Bowl, one of the assembled PFT writers posts an item on the potential candidates to face the NFL champion for the opening Thursday of the season. This year, that post ultimately may be moot.Jeff Duncan of the reports the the first game of the NFL’s 100th season “likely” will be the Packers at the Bears. The Packers completed their 100th season in 2018, and the Bears will celebrate theirs contemporaneously with the NFL’s centennial celebration.Duncan adds the the Saints and Rams likely will have a rematch in prime time, on NBC’s , if the Rams win the Super Bowl. If the Patriots win, New England presumably would open the season on Sunday night, hosting the Dolphins Danny Trevathan Jerseys Stitched , Bills, Jets, Cowboys, Giants, Steelers, Browns, or Chiefs.The NFL began scheduling the Super Bowl champion for the first game of the season more than a decade ago.