CINCINNATI (WXIX) - William Wagner, the challenger in the Cincinnati Bengals’ long snapping position battle, is such an accurate snapper that he can “easily” spin the bottle cap off of a Gatorade bottle.

“It’ll probably just take me two tries,” Wagner said.

He makes for a formidable foe for incumbent Cal Adomitis, who has been the team’s long snapper since 2022.

It’s been a true position battle with Wagner and Adomitis rotating with the first team. After a tough season for the field goal operation in 2024, the Bengals brought in some competition for Adomitis.

“We all looked at our field goal operation and felt like we could do a better job,” Adomitis. “That’s an area I wasn’t as strong in as I would have liked to have been.”

Adomitis has a good fastball, his blocking has never seemed

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