Sep 19, 2021; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indianapolis Colts kicker Rodrigo Blankenship (3) during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Rams at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
After missing a game winning field goal, and sending 2 kick offs out of bounds. Reports are that Rodrigo Blankenship is on his way out of Indianapolis. The Colts are set to waive him according to Tom Pelissero. Blankenship was in his 3rd year with the Colts out of Georgia. For his career, he’s an 83% field goal percentage. Blankenship had pushed a 43 yarder wide right after a long Indy drive in OT. Indy had rallied from down 17 in the 3rd quarter to put itself in a position to win the game. Post-game, Coach Frank Reich said the Rodrigo was their kicker. Tuesday the team invited in multiple kickers to try out. They must of liked what they saw, because Blankenship is on his way out.
The #Colts are signing kickers Chase McLaughlin and Lucas Havrisik to the practice squad, per sources.
So after cutting Rodrigo Blankenship, Indy adds two guys it knows — McLaughlin was there in 2019, Havrisik in rookie camp — and plan to elevate one for Sunday at Jacksonville
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) September 13, 2022
Havirsik is a kicker out of Arizona who was 9-17 last season and has a career long of 57 yards (twice). Chase McLaughlin might be the most likely. Chase has been with the Colts before. In fact he almost had the job after Adam Vinateri retired. He’s been in the league 6 seasons, and he’s played for 6 different teams. He’d been solid in 5 of those seasons, but last year in Cleveland, the Browns cut him after 16 games going 15-21.
This was the first video I found after searching on Twitter….
Chase McLaughlin’s game winning field goal attempt was so far off that people in the tunnel had to avoid being hit by it pic.twitter.com/D07gQzbQM8
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) November 12, 2019
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