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Longsnapper Rob Davis retires, remains with Packers

By Andy Erdman | March 26th, 2008

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Longsnapper Rob Davis, 39, who became the senior-most member of the Green Bay Packers following Brett Favre’s retirement earlier this month, called it quits today after 12 seasons in the NFL – the past 11 of which were with the Green and Gold.

The good news, however, is that Davis (a personal favorite of mine) will remain with Green Bay as the director of player development – a role that he informally played throughout recent years in helping to grow what suddenly became a very young Packers’ squad. Davis was widely respected among Packers players as the go-to guy for problems or advice, and he often acted as an intermediary between players and coaches. He was definitely the top locker-room leader in a vocal sense.

Now that both Davis and Favre have retired, sadly not a single player remains from either of the Packers’ Super Bowl teams of the ‘90s. If my memory serves me correctly, that now makes wide receiver Donald Driver the longest-serving Packer.

According to jsonline.com, the Packers signed longsnapper Thomas Gafford, who played his college ball at Houston, to compete for Davis’s job. Although I’m sure that tight end Tory Humphrey, who can also longsnap, will be considered for the job as well so Green Bay doesn’t have to use a roster spot on a specialty position if possible.

On behalf of the writers here at The Frozen Tundra, I’d like to thank Davis for his consistent play and crucial leadership and look forward to his contributions behind the scenes in helping to continue to build a strong Packers’ squad.

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7 Responses to “Longsnapper Rob Davis retires, remains with Packers”

Aaron says:

March 27th, 2008 at 7:37 am

He sounded like a class guy…glad we can keep him within the organization….

Last year we were the youngest team in the NFL…now without Favre, Davis, and Bubba, we will by far be the youngest again…
Sam says:

March 27th, 2008 at 10:50 am

good point Aaron, i didn’t even think of that. we will be, on average, even younger this year. that is incredible, considering we will win the super bowl next season as the youngest team in the league.

rob davis retires and gets his own article and TT wins NFL executive of the year from the sporting news and nary a mention? i know TT is a popular person to hate, especially during free agency, but still….
Andy Erdman says:

March 27th, 2008 at 11:04 am

I was going to write something about TT, Sam, but after seeing the fate of the past winners of this award, I didn’t even want to bring it up as a positive.

As Greg Bedard of JSOnline writes, “Packers general manager Ted Thompson might not want to pick up his Sporting News NFL Executive of the Year Award this week at the owners’ meetings in Palm Beach.” — Read why: http://blogs.jsonline.com/packers/archive/2008/03/25/award-the-kiss-of-death-for-thompson.aspx
Aaron says:

March 27th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

Make up your mind Mr. Sam….below is a comment you made earlier on this blog about TT, and now you want to heap some love on him…..

can you say ‘this year’s frank walker?’ TT needs to get off his ass and start signing more people.
Sam says:

March 28th, 2008 at 9:52 am

just because i want to see TT be more active in the free agent market doesn’t mean he DIDN’T win an award as the NFL’s top exec. I’m not saying he should receive a congratulatory blow job, just a mention.

on the other hand, i was unaware of the stigma associated with this award, and i appreciate the fact that Andy kept it off the news wire in an attempt to avoid the jinx. a true fan you are mr. erdman.
Casey Burkett says:

March 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Who is this two faced Hall boy? I’m actually surprised we would push Rob out the door. When was the last time you even thought about a Packers snap? He wanted to play another year. This new kid better be able to snap!
Aaron says:

March 28th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

He better be able to snap…..and if he can crackle and pop, we’d have Rice Krispies…