RYAN PONTBRIAND RUMORS
49ers Release LS Ryan Pontbriand
The 49ers released veteran LS Ryan Pontbriand, the team announced on Friday. Pontbriand signed with San Francisco in February after spending the first nine seasons of his career with the Browns. In 2011, Pontbriand appeared in 11 games after playing in every game from 2006-10. He has played in 134 career games. Source: ProFootball Weekly Attached Thumbnails
49ers Sign Ex-Browns LS Ryan Pontbriand
The San Francisco 49ers have signed free agent long-snapper Ryan Pontbriand, a league source confirmed on Tuesday. A fifth-round pick out of Rice University by the Cleveland Browns in 2003, Pontbriand handled the snapping duties in 134 games for the Browns from 2003 through his release last November after a couple of poor snaps in critical moments of a 13-12 loss to the St. Louis...
Sympathy is the prevailing emotion as Cleveland Browns ponder departure of snapper Ryan Pontbriand
Ryan Pontbriand's release seemed sudden, but that's how fast a long snapper can develop the yips.
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November 30, 2011
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Browns: Long snapper Pontbriand no scapegoat
BERA -- Only the Cleveland Browns can make a folk hero out of their long snapper.
And the Browns did it by releasing him.
Back in 2003, Ryan Pontbriand cackled long and loud the day he was drafted by the Browns in the fifth round. He sounded as shocked to be taken by Butch Davis as fans and media were to hear of his selection. Long snappers are found, not drafted, but Davis and...
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November 30, 2011
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Cleveland Browns Cut Long Snapper Ryan Pontbriand Today
Anyone who watched the Browns game Sunday already knows the trouble long snapper Ryan Pontbriand had when Phil Dawson tried a 55 yard field goal. Pontbriand had another bad snap in the Rams game which cost the Browns a win and when Pontbriand talked during an interview after the game Sunday he said he is in a slump. Now the Cleveland Browns really put Pontbriand into a slump...
Browns cut long snapper Pontbriand
The Cleveland Browns waived long snapper Ryan Pontbriand on Monday after a pair of bad snaps in recent weeks.
Pontbriand's low snap on Sunday led to Phil Dawson missing a go-ahead 55-yard field goal in a loss to Cincinnati on Sunday.
A week prior against the Rams, Pontbriand’s errant snap resulted in Dawson missing a short field goal in a 13-12 loss.
Pontbriand had been...
Browns Waive Former Pro Bowler Ryan Pontbriand
So I guess Mike Polk will have to buy another jersey?
Tony Grossi is reporting that the Browns have confirmed to him that they waived Ryan Pontbriand. I find it pretty shocking, to be honest. I know Pontbriand was “in a slump” of sorts, but we are really only talking about two mistakes. The first one, which helped the Browns lose to the Rams was a deflection off of Alex...
Browns Ryan Pontbriand Helps Snap Bengals Losing Streak
Ryan Pontbriand
Ryan Pontbriand the Cleveland Browns long snapper helped the Bengals snap a two game losing streak. The Browns had a chance to take the lead late in the fourth quarter this afternoon when Pontbriand had yet another questionable snap. Questionable? No it wasn’t lets face the facts it was another poor effort from the guy that has been damn near perfect in years past...
Cleveland Browns Rant Video Creator Discusses Yet Another Loss
The factory of sadness also know as the Cleveland Browns found another disgusting way to loss this weekend against the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars!
Local comedian Mike Polk Jr., creator of the viral video Cleveland Browns Rant, weighs in on this loss by his favorite football team in this interview. The Browns loss can be attributed to numerous blunders, with the most obvious one...
The Asymmetrical World of Ryan Pontbriand
Ever since he was selected in the fifth round of the the 2003 NFL Draft, Cleveland Browns long snapper Ryan Pontbriand has been the personification of questionable draft day tactics. The highest-drafted player of his position in the history of the league, the eight-year veteran has done nothing but quietly show up for work each and every day of his career, save for a five-game...
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