For Sidelined N.F.L. Brothers, Training Is a Snap

On Saturdays, the brothers head to a football field at nearby Campbell High School to meet one of the Bills’ punters, Kaare Vedvik, 26. He used to drive two and a half hours from Birmingham, Ala., for these weekly sessions but then moved to a place closer to the Ferguson brothers. They are joined by the Bills’ newly drafted place-kicker, Tyler Bass, 23, who drives from South Carolina. For about two hours, they snap, hold and kick, just as they would at an N.F.L. training facility, except the Fergusons’ father, Kevin, 54, catches the balls and tosses them back to his sons.

Then the four players head back to Reid’s house to unwind with burgers or pizza and video games, and to prepare for another week of an off-season that, so far, has no end date.

“I’ve been very fortunate to have Reid,” Blake said. “Over the last eight years, we spent very little time together. To have a little of that time back was great.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/sports/football/reid-blake-ferguson-long-snapper-coronavirus.html