Colts releases Kicker Matt Gay two years after giving him a big problem

Indianapolis – The Colts He moved from Kicker on Thursday Matt gayRelease of a highly paid veteran for two years into a four -year contract.

Gay arrived in Indianapolis in 2023 as a free agent for many fanfare after winning Super Bowl and made for Bowl s Los Angeles Rams. Colts attracted him to Indianapolis with a four -year agreement worth $ 22.5 million, at that time the most lucrative contract provided to a free agent Kicker. However, this step has never paid off for Colts, with a homosexual transformed only 82.1% of his goal attempts (64 of 78) in the last two seasons – including a shocking 50% success in experiments of 50 yards or longer (11 out of 22).

He turned 17 out of 23 attempts from 50 yards and outside (74%), including 12 out of 15 in three years with RAMS.

Gay, 31, has occasionally fought injuries in the last two seasons, including hernia injury that required surgery during the 2024 assumption. Gay returned in the 2nd week and said his health was not a factor in his fighting.

“Dicking is very, very mental,” Gay said. “I was very good from 50 plus in my career and I have full confidence in the future that I can do these kicks. I showed that I can do it.”

At the same time, Colts seemed to repeat the trust in gay. Coach Shane Steichen asked repeatedly about his kicker and stuck with him.

“Matt is our kicker,” he said in October. “He’s been doing it for a long time … He knows he has to make you in the future, but it’s our kicker.”

Colts signed Kicker Spencer Srader Last month. During his newcomers in 2024, he was 5: 5 in the field attempts and spent time with three different teams, including Colts.

Colts found that it is difficult to find a consistency of digging after enjoying 14 seasons with former All-Pro Kicker Adam Vinatieri. In 2019 he kicked the team for the last time and Indianapolis went through many kickers in the intervention periods.

Fifth round of selection from Tampa Bay Buccaneers In 2019, gay has a career success rate of 85.5% in the goal attempts (165 out of 193) and 96.3% in attempts to point (206 out of 214).