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League's oldest player, Adam Vinatieri, signs one-year deal with Colts for 24th NFL season
Shalise Manza Young,Yahoo Sports•January 25, 2019
The oldest active player in the NFL is coming back for a 24th season.
The Indianapolis Colts tweeted on Friday that they have agreed to terms with kicker Adam Vinatieri; it’s a one-year pact.
‘I love playing football’
Vinatieri celebrated his 46th birthday two days before the end of the regular season.
He was 23-for-28 on field goals and 48-of-52 on extra points during the year, including a shaky performance in the AFC divisional round against the Kansas City Chiefs, when he missed a 23-yard field goal try and a PAT, the first time in 32 career postseason games he missed an extra point (the Colts lost the game by 18, so his misses weren’t the difference in the game).
The day after that loss to the Chiefs, Vinatieri was asked whether he’d return and said he felt something special coming together in Indianapolis but wanted to take some time to himself.
“Listen: I love playing football,” he said on January 14. “I love being in the locker room with these guys and stuff. So I can’t imagine doing anything else. But like anybody, we’re all gonna sit back and just decompress a little bit and see where it goes.”
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Shalise Manza Young,Yahoo Sports•January 25, 2019
The oldest active player in the NFL is coming back for a 24th season.
The Indianapolis Colts tweeted on Friday that they have agreed to terms with kicker Adam Vinatieri; it’s a one-year pact.
‘I love playing football’
Vinatieri celebrated his 46th birthday two days before the end of the regular season.
He was 23-for-28 on field goals and 48-of-52 on extra points during the year, including a shaky performance in the AFC divisional round against the Kansas City Chiefs, when he missed a 23-yard field goal try and a PAT, the first time in 32 career postseason games he missed an extra point (the Colts lost the game by 18, so his misses weren’t the difference in the game).
The day after that loss to the Chiefs, Vinatieri was asked whether he’d return and said he felt something special coming together in Indianapolis but wanted to take some time to himself.
“Listen: I love playing football,” he said on January 14. “I love being in the locker room with these guys and stuff. So I can’t imagine doing anything else. But like anybody, we’re all gonna sit back and just decompress a little bit and see where it goes.”
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