The Colts must be confident in Adam Vinatieri’s health, because they waived his insurance policy Wednesday.
The team announced that it waived kickoff specialist Shane Andrus and linebacker Cody Glenn Wednesday.
Vinatieri missed his only field goal attempt in Week One, from 52 yards against the Jaguars.
His struggles on kickoffs are a big reason why the Patriots didn’t re-sign him in free agency in 2006.
Personally as a colts fan i think this is a bad move, Vinatieri is past his prime and that field goal attempt on sunday was horrible, I have a feeling this is gonna come back to bite the colts in the butt.
His struggles on kickoffs are a big reason why the Patriots didn’t re-sign him in free agency in 2006.
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His kickoffs have been fine with Indy. It wasn’t that the Pats didn’t re-sign him, it was that he didn’t re-sign with the Pats. Their offer was about 200 k less than the Colts.
They need the roster spot to active DT Ed Johnson (suspended for Wk 1). They’ll likely need to add another receiver as well with Gonzo hurt. Cutting Andrus is not a surprise.
His struggles on kickoffs are a big reason why the Patriots didn’t re-sign him in free agency in 2006.
Are you serious? You can’t be serious with this crap, right? If he was SO bad on kickoffs, than why did they FRANCHISE him in 04? You don’t franchise a kicker who “struggles” on kickoffs.
A.V. signed with the Colts because they offered more money, bottom line.
Your cheatriot bias is showing, Rosenthal.
Yes, Vinitari chose not to re-sign with the Patriots, not that they chose to not re-sign him. However, the fact they opted to let him go chase a mere 200,000 more from Indy speaks volumes about the fact that his once decent kickoffs were now becoming more problematic.
When are you non-New Englanders going to finally accept that the Patriots truly do know when it’s time to let a player chase the fat paycheck elsewhere? Anyone hear of this kid Gostkowski? No one in New England is crying over Adam Vinitari.
And please, will you whiners FINALLY come up with something fresher than “Cheatriots”? That phrase is older than your Grandma’s dentures, and as overused as your Grandpa’s Preperation H.
Could we have one thread that is not about the Patriots?
They didn’t “go let him chase a mere 200,000″. He went to Indy to meet the brass, signed the contract, and never gave the Pats the chance to come back with the same amount. I’ll also bet there were a few people in New England crying when Tommy boy failed to convert that 4th and 13 in the Superbowl against the Giants because Belichick didn’t trust the kicker (what’s his name? Gostkowski?) enough to take the points.
Rich-I’ll stop using the phrase Cheatriots when Rosenthal and his cronies stop acting like the world revolves the Patriots. The last sentence in that post was both biased and factually incorrect.
If the Patriots weren’t interested in resigning A.V., then they wouldn’t have made him an offer AT ALL. Instead they made an offer and the Colts made a better offer and Adam came to Indy and helped us beat the Cheats on the way to XLI.
It wasn’t because he “struggled on kickoffs”.
@Gangsta
Cold as it may sound, the Patriots are very clear in dealing with a player. It isn’t what you’ve meant to them in the past, it’s what you’re worth to them in the future.
As it regards Vinitari et al, if they think your skills are declining, they peg a dollar amount at what it’s worth for them to keep you. If you decline that amount and seek more money elsewhere, “see ya later”. They no doubt have a plan in place for your replacement. Seen it happen dozens of times in the past eight years. They find a suitable replacement/solution, and player X takes a fat paycheck into oblivion (which means the Patriots were right about your future talent level).
If you decide you want to stick around New England for a while longer, you accept their offer.
If they think they’re not going to re-sign you at the figure you’re worth to them, they’ll trade you while they can still get something of value for you. It’s no worse than players holding out for more money even though they’re still under contract. Strictly business, and it’s why this team – love ‘em or hate ‘em – is competitive every single year under the Bellichick regime.