Colts Matt Gay release footballer turns into Spencer Shrader

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The Indianapolis Colts released the footballer Matt Gay, announced the team on Thursday. It is a surprising development as it comes only two years after the Colts signed gay with a 22.5 million dollar four -year agreement which, at the time, was the most profitable contract for a kicker in the history of the NFL.

Indianapolis will now go on with the second year player Spencer Shrader, who attempted (and scored) only five goals in the field in the NFL, as a solitary kicker on his list. After coming out of Notre Dame last year, Shrader joined the Colts’ practice team and appeared in a game, making three more points, before moving on to New York Jets and the leaders of Kansas City.

Gay precision collapsed from the high signs he published with his previous team, the Los Angeles Rams, with whom he contributed to winning the Super Bowl during the 2021 season. In the two seasons of gay with the Colts, he did 82.1% of his attempts to Field Goal (64 out of 78) compared to 92.5% (74 out of 80) in his three previous years with the Rams. In particular, he fought for Goal on the pitch from over 50 IARDE away, converting only 50% (11 out of 22) during his two years in Indianapolis compared to 80% (12 out of 15) in three years with gay he did not lose an attempt to go on the field inside 50 yard last year, but he did 3-to-9 with kicks from 50 courtyards of over shorter shorts

When Shrader signed a two -year agreement with Indy last month during the free agency, which raised questions about the future of Gay, said a source of the championship Atletico That the colts “cannot have enough competition”. In theory, that competition would take place during the training field, but Indianapolis decided to detach the gay thorn before the team went. The 31 -year -old was still two years old for his contract.

Since the colts immediately released gay without the plan to designate it has a post-1 June version, the move will cost them $ 4 million in dead money this year while you create $ 2.75 million in space. If the team had waited and made a post-June version, it would have used only $ 2 million in dead money this year (and $ 2 million next year) while you create $ 4.75 million in space. The Colts, according to the limit, still have $ 24.6 million in the limit space, so take more dead money now has probably not been seen as a problem.

Shrader’s inexperience makes a lot of pressure on him as an alleged appetizer. The 25 -year -old, born in Indianapolis, was a frequent member of the Colts practice team last year, crossing a series of purchases and releases, before gaining larger roles with jets and chiefs.

While Shrader did not attempt a Field Goal in his lonely appearance with the Colts, he went 2 out of 2 on the Field Goal attempts in a game for jets and 3-to-3 in two games for chiefs before a right knee injury sent him to the end of the season wound. While the remote gay struggles were well documented last year, it is worth noting that Shrader has not yet attempted a Field goal of over 50 yard in the NFL. Shrader converted only 5 out of 12 (41.7%) of these attempts in five university seasons.