Colts sign two kickers to practice squad - McLaughlin and Havrisik
 

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...71360229924865

Chase McLaughlin isn't very good and I have no idea who Havrisik even is. At least Blankenship is gone.

yeah...at this point in the season they are available for a reason...

Both have stronger legs and should be much better at kickoffs. Sign a strong leg and pray that you hit paydirt. Most likely not.

Should have signed Josh Lambo who is available and killed us for years with Jacksonville.

He’s a good kicker.

The Colts looked at Lambo today - he was in Indy for the kicker tryout.


https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...16575518789638

I don't know anything about Havrisik. Guess that means there's a possibility he's good.

McLaughlin is a career 75% guy. He was 5/6 in 4 games for IND in 2019 after Vinatieri fell off. For what that's worth.

they have to be better than blankenship

No not really. No guarantee, just hope…….

Here was the full list of kickers in for today's tryout. The Colts looked at 7 PK's.

Michael Badgley
Lucas Havrisik
Brian Johnson
Austin Jones
Josh Lambo
Chase McLaughlin
Matthew Wright

Wonder why they didn’t just bring back Money Badge.

Maybe he was insulted at how his stint here ended?

McLaughlin did hit two from 50+ plus for us during his last stint with the shoe. He is not great, but does have the leg strength. Get Adam to work with him. I know he still lives in Indy, I've seen him at some hunting events.

Earlier today Keefer wrote that the Colts thought that Verity had a higher ceiling than Badgley which is the reason why Verity was in training camp to compete with Blankenship. However, after a decent start in camp, Verity was a bit inconsistent down the stretch and Blankenship won out.

Badgley was in Indy for today's workout but the Colts decided to continue the tryout process with the two other kickers that they signed to the practice squad.

I'll never cease to be amazed that there must be less than 30 guys in the world who can consistently kick FGs. Thats crazy.

Read these (unconfirmed) stats today for Mclaughlin. Interesting how he struggles in the 40s. I would guess he is the one elevated from the PS.

New #Colts kicker Chase McLaughlin over his career:
0-20: 1-1
20-29: 9-9
30-39: 9-9
40-49: 10-21
50-59: 8-8
60+: 0-1

Total: 37-49 ( 75.5% )
Long: 57

Lucky for Chase, the Colts offense has experience with running a few extra plays and making the FG attempt longer.

They will just need to back it up to a 50+ yd FG attempt. :D

Whoa. I didn't look at his overall breakdown when I looked up his numbers. That's really bizarre. Perfect everywhere except in the 40's where he is awful.

Yikes....I'm guessing the majority of FGs in the NFL are in the 40s. Not good.

Perfect for Reich and his fucked up analytics. If the Colts have a 46 yard field goal attempt coming up, he will take a delay of game penalty to make it a 51 yard attempt. But at least that analytical makes some sense.

have you ever seen a kicker worse?

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I have ...... then again, I've been watching football since the War of 1812.

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Vandershank ring a bell

While Vanderjerk was a big choker he was head and shoulders better than Specs. Even with his bad year in Dallas he stilled retired as the most accurate kicker in NFL history (now 7th).

Why not bring in someone who's accurate like Badgley, and if we need a bigger leg for kickoffs and long FGs bring in a kickoff specialist like we had for awhile under Dungy? Sucks to do that, but if they were any good they'd both contribute more than Banogu.

Still, I will never forget that kick in Denver with the snow.

Pretty obvious who will be signed, but I like having the kid for competition and future prospection.

Same. That night there was so much celebration on the RATS board that I finally became a poster rather than a long time lurker.

Once again..,.the greatest GM in the history of mankind, left the team with a mediocre kicker that cost us winning the first game of the season!:rolleyes:

This is a lot like what happened w/ Eason last year. They all knew he wasn't good enough, but only brought in a long term project to compete w/ him. Then what do you know: the first winnable game we have and we need Eason to come in at the end of the game. And of course instead of doing anything remotely good he shits the bed.

Ballard's a great talent evaluator, but he at times gets too sentimental w/ some players and his player succession plans leave a lot to be desired.

Well, here's hoping they don't seize up and choke on important kicks...like the last guy.

we have the same holes year after year waiting for development to happen. Ballard can learn to hedge his bets at times

Yeah, no doubt. Although I have to admit that he at least did bring in some pass rush and CB in the offseason rather than just once again rely on some of his draft picks to make a leap. Would have been nice if he had brought in a vet WR too.......

yeah


exactly

Yep, the Colts went with the vet for kicking duties this weekend - Chase McLaughlin was elevated from the practice squad and gets the first crack at the job:


https://www.colts.com/news/chase-mcl...rs-roster-move

And...he had no chance to kick. Awesome game Colts, awesome game.

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(vs. VIKINGS, 12/17)


(1) ) McLaughlin was 5-for-5 in field-goal attempts yesterday, including a 52-yarder and a 49-yarder.


(2) ) McLaughlin was waiting for a chance to boot a 6th and game-clinching kick from 53 yards out when Jeff Saturday opted to go for it on 4th-and-1.


(3) ) For the season overall, McLaughlin is 8-for-11 from 50+ yards, and is 8-for-9 from 40-49 yards.


(4) ) McLaughlin broke ) Adam Vinatieri's ) franchise record for successful 50-plus-yarders in a season ...... in 2016, Vinatieri was 7-for-9 from 50+ yards.

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Saturday knew his job was to finish the tank. No way he kicks it and wins. Not what he was hired to do.

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Saturday was hired to win, regardless of what his decision was there.

You could argue that going for it was the right call, but I don't think that Saturday's hands were tied one way or the other. If he had let McLaughlin kick it and he had made it, very few people would have complained about that decision.


I have mixed feelings about the decision, as I could see an argument for either one ...... I was recapping McLaughlin's day, rather than arguing that Saturday made the wrong decision. I think that either decision would have been right because a team needs to be able to get one yard on 4th down, and McLaughlin is having a fantastic, accurate season overall. The only decision that I would have vehemently disagreed with would be if he had chosen to punt the ball.

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The way McLaughlin was kicking in that stadium on that particular day, how does Saturday not let him kick it?

If we win McLaughlin is AFC ST player of the week and Saturday has a chance to keep his job. I know what Dungy would have done.

I guess in the long run it works out for us as we are currently drafting #6 and with only one team in front of us, for sure taking a QB.