Comments on: Vinatieri’s Now A Colt. Weird.

By: matthew

matthew — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:56:11 +0000

there’s four and a half minutes left in this game and I remembered this post from almost a year ago. i hope it all comes down to Vintieri.

By: A-mouse

A-mouse — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:35:52 +0000

… and sooner or later, someone’s going to need a field goal. One team’s going to look to the sidelines and see a quivering, unproven, tower of nerves, and one team is going to see Adam Vinatieri and his balls of steel.

With post, you reaffirm how grateful I am my brother showed me this site.

FUCKING HILARIOUS.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:36:53 +0000

Lifelong Colts fan with the obvious: Peyton waves the kicker off the field on 4th down, every time, regardless of circumstance.

Vinatieri might not miss another kick, but he might not get too many more chances.

And again, Joey Porter sacked Manning on consecutive plays because he went completely unblocked both times in the Steelers game. What Peyton said wasn’t nice or team-oriented, but it was true. It still would’ve helped if he would’ve added, “And I made my share of bad throws.”

By: E

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:00:41 +0000

So after all these years of berating up on them, the Pats must say some shit about the Colts – especially Peyton – behind their backs in the locker room. Does all this get back to the Colts now? Does Vinatieri show up in mini-camps and say “Hey Peyton, you know what Tom’s been saying about you? You’re a ____.” Maybe this is enough to push the Colts over the hump and that’s why they signed him. I mean, the Pitt game notwithstanding, kicking is not the reason the Colts keep choking.

By: twoeightnine

twoeightnine — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:22:55 +0000

Thanks Rusty, Norwood’s kick was not a gimme. God, I’m tearing up just thinking about it. A couple feet to the left and the fate of Western NY changes forever.

Strangely enough, wikipedia’s entry for “wide right is a term used to describe the series of losses by the Florida State University Seminoles football team to its rival, the University of Miami Hurricanes, resulting largely in part to missed a field goal attempts.”

By: Rusty

Rusty — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:02:40 +0000

Brandon,

Yes there were two Snow Bowl kicks. The first, to tie the game, was the ultra-impressive one. Probably the greatest kick in football history. 45 yards in a foot of snow.

And Norwood missed a 19-yarder? What are you talking about? His Super Bowl miss was from 48 yards. And he missed by inches. 48 yards on grass is no “chippy.”

By: The Big Picture

The Big Picture — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:53:48 +0000

no more “idiot kicker” on the colts, i guess.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:41:23 +0000

As a Patriot fan this move scares me. It could set up the ultimate nightmare in the playoffs. The Colts finally beat the Patriots and do it while riding Adam V’s leg.

Who do the Colts have in their running game now though? Hopefully losing Edge hurts them a lot more then gaining Vinatieri.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:07:17 +0000

I meant the 30 year-old kicking Anderso(e)ns, not the 45 year old one.

Maybe everyone’s right about Mr. Clutch, and I’m an idiot. Were there two kicks in the Tuck Rule game?

By the way, I’ve figured out the key to being clutch when you’re a kicker. Just don’t give a shit. If you’re a position player, you’ve got to invest a lot emotionally in every game, and I would think that requires caring whether or not you win. But if a kicker doesn’t give a damn about his teammates, and whether they win or lose, he’ll never feel any pressure, and never miss the 19 yard chippy that Norwood missed. I know this theory is correct because I came up with it when I was drunk, and a former college kicker verified it at the time.

By: Insomniac

Insomniac — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:01:57 +0000

I think this is a terrible move for the Colts. All this did is remove one position from the list of players that Manning can blame whenever the Colts fall apart in the playoffs. That’s not how you protect your franchise player. Tho I should keep in mind that this is a team with some “protection issues.”

By: Bouj

Bouj — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:53:04 +0000

Vinatieri’s first clutch kick in the Tuck Rule Game tied the game. And didn’t the Vikings blow an NFC Championship game to the ATL because Anderson couldn’t make a clutch FG? And Vanderjagt blew that kick against the Steelers.

Let’s not underrate the importance of a guy who comes through when it counts. That’s Vinatieri.

And it’s hard for Peyton to come up big in the playoffs when he plays with both hands wrapped around his neck.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:38:49 +0000

I just realized that the NFL Merlin I was trying to reference is Merlin Olson. I’ll replace him in my list of Andersons with Harry Anderson. Except I’ll say that Harry Anderson would have made at least one of the kicks. If the black bailiff were holding.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:36:42 +0000

I don’t buy the whole greatest clutch kicker of all time thing. I mostly think it’s strange that Vinatieri keeps ending up in those situations. Only five Super Bowls have been decided by three points or less. One was Colts-Cowboys, one was Norwood’s shank, and three were New England, with Vinatieri providing two game winners. Add the kick in the Tuck game, and that’s three pretty damn clutch kicks. But how many kickers in the NFL have found themselves even kicking with a post-season game on the line? Not that many. Plus, unlike Norwood, and Vanderjagt this year, none of Vinatieri’s kicks were “miss this and lose.” They all broke ties. I think that’s a different kind of pressure (I don’t know because the most pressure I feel is an insistent one in my bowels after drinking beer and whiskey all night). Don’t get me wrong, the dude’s pretty fuckin’ clutch. And he’s got a kickin’ set of abs. But he’s still just a kicker. I bet Gary Anderson would have made them. Or Morton Andersen. Probably not Merlin Anderson, or my high school basketball coach Reggie Anderson.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:58:52 +0000

Does that leave the Patriots with Vanderjagt? Ugh.