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Cardinals work out another long snapper

They brought in Joe Fortunato after signing Hunter Bradley.

The Arizona Cardinals announced some roster moves earlier in the week to get ready for practice. Among them, they signed former Green Bay Packers long snapper Hunter Bradley to the practice squad, presumably to take over for Aaron Brewer. Brewer was placed on injured reserve with a pectoral injury.

They brought in another long snapper, according to the NFL transaction report Thursday.

They brought in Joe Fortunato, who also was long snapper for the Packers. He played in one game for the Packers in 2021.

Fortunato is 6-5 and 240 lbs. His NFL experience is just the one game last season for the Packers.

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Broncos add tight end to practice squad, make decision at long snapper

The Broncos signed TE Dalton Keene to their practice squad and cut LS Joe Fortunato. That means Mitchell Fraboni will snap this week.

The Denver Broncos made two practice squad moves on Saturday.

First, the Broncos signed second-year tight end Dalton Keene, who was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2020 NFL draft out of Virginia Tech.

Keene (6-4, 251 pounds) wasn’t able to live up to his high draft status with the Patriots, playing in just six games as a rookie before missing the entire 2021 season with a knee injury.

After failing to make New England’s 53-man roster this summer, Keene spent time on the practice squad of the Philadelphia Eagles.

In six career games, Keene has hauled in three receptions for 16 yards. He will now give the Broncos some more depth at tight end.

To make room for Keene on the 16-player practice squad, Denver made a second move and released long snapper Joe Fortunato.

Fortunato just signed earlier this week after the team lost Jacob Bobenmoyer to a hand/wrist injury. The Broncos also signed long snapper Mitchell Fraboni, who is now set to replace Bobenmoyer for the next three games.

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Broncos make 2 more additions to practice squad

ICYMI — Broncos added LS Joe Fortunato and OLB Jonathan Kongbo to the practice squad.

The Denver Broncos added two more players to their practice squad on Wednesday.

After releasing him from the active roster earlier in the week, the Broncos re-signed outside linebacker Jonathan Kongbo to the practice squad, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. Kongbo was activated to the 53-man roster last week when the team was thin at OLB due to injuries.

Additionally, Denver also signed long snapper Joe Fortunato to the practice squad on Wednesday. Fortunato is the second long snapper the Broncos have added this week, joining Mitchell Fraboni.

With Jacob Bobenmoyer on injured reserve for the next four weeks, Fortunato and Fraboni are set to compete in practice to win temporary long-snapping duties. Denver can elevate a player from the practice squad to the game-day roster up to three times during the season, and that will likely be the team’s course of action while Bobenmoyer is sidelined.

The Broncos will face the Los Angeles Chargers on the road in Week 6.

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4 long snappers tried out for the Broncos on Friday

Broncos brought in long snappers Kameron Canaday, Joe Fortunato, Ryan Navarro and Matt Overton for tryouts on Friday.

The Denver Broncos brought in four long snappers for tryouts on Friday, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.

Kameron Canaday, Joe Fortunato, Ryan Navarro and Matt Overton worked out for the team, but as of the time of this writing, none of them have been signed. All four specialists have spent time in the NFL, with Overton owning the most experience (126 games).

Denver’s current long snapper, Jacob Bobenmoyer, has done a fine job over the last two seasons, so the Broncos are probably just looking for candidates to consider down the road in case of injury.

Bobenmoyer is the only long snapper currently on the roster, but special teams coordinator Dwayne Stukes has made it clear that he likes having competition at every position.

“For me personally, I always thought that we should have six specialists in camp, so everybody is competing and nobody says, ‘I have a job, and I’ve made it,'” Stukes said on July 30. “When you put pressure on guys, that’s when you get the best out of guys and that’s what we’re looking for.”

The Broncos’ 90-man offseason roster is full, so if the team makes any signings, they would need to make corresponding roster moves to make room on the roster.

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Packers sign long snapper, providing competition for Hunter Bradley

The Packers signed long snapper Joe Fortunato on Wednesday.

The Green Bay Packers now have competition at all three specialist positions.

The team announced the signing of long snapper Joe Fortunato on Wednesday. An undrafted free agent out of Delaware in 2017, Fortunato has spent time with the Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys in the NFL.

The Packers now have two players at kicker, punter and long snapper.

JJ Molson will compete with Mason Crosby at kicker, Ryan Winslow will compete with JK Scott at punter and now Fortunato will compete with Hunter Bradley at long snapper.

New special teams coordinator Maurice Drayton stressed competition during his introductory press conference last month, especially at punter and long snapper. Scott and Bradley both struggled with consistency during the 2020  season.

“They both know they have to be more consistent in the things that we need them to do to be successful,” Drayton said. “They understand their backs are against the wall.”

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