Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

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The questions of whether or not contract extensions are coming for players like Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman and Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz have been popular ones to discuss this offseason.

Not so the contract status of Rams long snapper Jake McQuaide, but Freeman and Cruz are still looking for new deals while the ink is drying on a four-year pact for McQuaide with St. Louis. The Rams announced the deal, without any financial details but with a picture of McQuaide putting pen to paper, on Monday.

McQuaide has played all 32 games for the Rams over the last two seasons after signing with the team as an undrafted free agent out of Ohio State and beating out incumbent Chris Massey. He’s made three tackles on special teams over that period.

Long snappers don’t tend to bask in much limelight if they avoid blunders, so McQuaide doesn’t have the biggest profile. He does make an appearance in a trick kicking video that Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein and punter Johnny Hekker made with a group called Dude Perfect and snaps a ball into a basket from a great distance, though, so perhaps he’ll have a higher profile by the end of his new deal.

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[A55VA6]

Re: Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

I'm glad to see him back. Really under appreciated and he does his job very well.

 

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Re: Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

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[den-the-coach]

Re: Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

So where does that leave Jorgen Hus?

 

[DR RAM]

Re: Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

He's a good snapper, but Massey made way more plays, no..

I understand the salary diff though.

 

[BigRamFan]

Re: Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

So where does that leave Jorgen Hus?

Likely hoping to play well enough during the preseason to land a gig somewhere else.

 

[albefree69]

Re: Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

BigRamFan opined:

Likely hoping to play well enough during the preseason to land a gig somewhere else.

That's going to be really hard to do. His job is all about consistency and he won't be able to showcase that in a few games. Someone needs to see him every day in practice. If he does well he might get a good reference from one of our coaches though.

 

[BigRamFan]

Re: Jake McQuaid agrees to 4yr extension

Al making a good point:

Likely hoping to play well enough during the preseason to land a gig somewhere else.

That's going to be really hard to do. His job is all about consistency and he won't be able to showcase that in a few games. Someone needs to see him every day in practice. If he does well he might get a good reference from one of our coaches though.

I guess you're right Big Al. Usually the only time a LS gets noticed is when he screws up.