{"id":6089,"date":"2016-05-05T13:27:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T17:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2016-05-05T13:27:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T17:27:06","slug":"patriots-ls-joe-cardona-2016-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2016\/05\/05\/patriots-ls-joe-cardona-2016-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots LS Joe Cardona Out for the 2016 Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pats Long-snapper May Have to fulfill Navy commitments<\/h2>\n<p>The Patriots made a brief ripple in the news in April with the news that they had signed long-snapper Christian Yount. Having spent a 5<sup>th<\/sup> round draft pick in 2015 on Naval Academy graduate Joe Cardona, the news seemed intriguing.<\/p>\n<p>Cardona was very solid for the Patriots in his rookie season, balancing the fine line between being a professional football player and a commissioned Naval Officer. Cardona was assigned to the Naval Preparatory Academy in Newport, RI last season with the expectation that in a year, he\u2019d be assigned to a ship in Bath, Maine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cardona-Ebner-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"Cardona Ebner\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cardona-Ebner-660x440.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cardona-Ebner-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now his absence at OTAs could stretch for a large chunk of, if not the entire 2016 season.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of the Navy <strong>Ray Mabus<\/strong> appeared on the Dan Patrick Show this morning to discuss the situation surrounding former Navy QB and Baltimore Ravens draft pick\u00a0Keenan Reynolds\u00a0and his dreams in pursuing a professional football career as well as filling his Navy commitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have Joe Cardona, long snapper for the Patriots. He played last year for the Patriots while he was on active duty because he was able to work them both out. <strong>He\u2019s been assigned\u00a0to a ship and he\u2019s going to report to that ship so he may need to leave the Patriots for a year or so in order to go fulfill that role<\/strong>,\u201d Mabus said. \u201cWe also have Joe Greenspan, who played professional soccer. He\u2019s on a ship today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Belichick spoke last season about the balancing act that Cardona had to endure a year ago, something the Patriots were very supportive with. &#8220;He&#8217;s one of the first guys that&#8217;s really been in this situation,\u201d Belichick said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this case, Joe&#8217;s responsibilities are really going on at the same time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now the Patriots may have to (in the Secretary of the Navy\u2019s words), deal without Cardona for the entire season. If so, that would be a blow to the Patriots STs units, but would allow Yount plenty of time to acclimate himself to kicker Stephen Gostkowski and punter Ryan Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Yount is a four-year veteran of the NFL and would immediately become a player to watch this summer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow me on Twitter\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveB7SFG\"><em>@SteveB7SFG<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0or email me at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/patspub.patsfans.com\/stevebpatsfans@gmail.com\"><em>stevebpatsfans@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to our\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/patriotsfourthandtwo\"><em>Patriots 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 2<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0podcast on blog talk radio as the writers Russ Goldman, Derek Havens and I from\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/\"><em>PatsFans.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0discuss the latest Patriots news Wednesdays at 12 noon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s been 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