The Colts Have Just Made This Guy the Highest Paid Player at His Position in NFL History

Aug 13, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Rams place kicker Matt Gay (8) reacts during the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Rarely are deals in free agency perfect for a player, his family, and the team. This is perfect. Welcome back to ⁦@Colts⁩ ⁦@gsefootball⁩ client ⁦@MGtweetymonster⁩ Congratulations on breaking even more records! pic.twitter.com/P4OwRre8y8

— David Canter (@davidcanter) March 14, 2023

NFL Free Agency started yesterday, and while the Bears were making a lot of splashy deals, the Colts were pretty quiet. But they have addressed an area of need, and that’s kicker. He converted 60 of 64 field goal attempts with the Rams the past two seasons (93.8%), making him one of the most reliable kickers in the NFL. It’s a 4 year 22.5 million dollar deal which would be the largest for a free agent kicker in NFL history. Free agent kicker is the key term here, his 5.6 million per year is still second to the 6 million a year Raven’s kicker Justin Tucker gets, but he’s been a Raven for life, and didn’t test free agency at all. Signing a kicker is never the sexiest thing as a fan, but this was a major area of need.