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Thursday Cheese Curds: Long snappers are people, too

There are two obvious points related to training camp that bear repeating: not everyone who plays in the NFL is a star, but every NFL opportunity could be life-changing.

I’m ripping that description straight out of our first headline today because it’s true. Even for long snappers like Jake Coco, who will never go on to be a star in the NFL even if he’s the greatest ever at his position, the chance to play in the NFL could literally change his life.

It’s easy to forget things like that. Most of our interactions with NFL football players are pretty dehumanized.