I want to preface this article by saying I am in no way a statistician, merely a curious football fan.
In the middle of a game, an injured long snapper can spell out ‘doomsday’ in bold letters more so than an injured quarterback can. The reason being that snapping a football 15 yards is such a specialized talent that it deserves its own roster spot, but is also so simultaneously unimportant that teams never carry a backup. Weird, isn’t it?
Well, that train of thought led to the question, “Does an injured long snapper effect the performance of special teams as well?