Mike Tanier’s Senior Bowl Report: 99 Problems, but a center ain’t one…

I almost caught a shotgun snap during the North squad's Senior Bowl practice on Wednesday. I should have been in no position to catch a shotgun snap. I was not on the field, but behind a fence at the back of the end zone. Kevin Zeitler's pre-practice warm-up snap sailed over Kellen Moore's head and struck the top of the fence about two feet to my right. It was the first of many adventurous shotgun snaps during the North practice, but the only one to nearly endanger a blogger. Zeitler is doing the best he can. He's a guard, and one of the best guards in the country, an old-fashioned mauler who is excellent when pulling. He never played center in college, except for a few freshman snaps. He never played center in high school or Pop Warner. He is playing behind Ohio State's Tim Brewster at center this week because North centers have been falling like Spinal Tap drummers. Arizona State's Garth Gerhart suffered a finger injury during Monday's practice. Joe Loo...