INDIANAPOLIS — Adam Vinatieri is rehabilitating his surgically-repaired left knee. The specter of retirement and the decision the Colts face if Vinatieri wants to come back is in a holding pattern, dependent on a recovery that will take months.
And then there is the other factor, the guy half Vinatieri’s age, under contract for 2020.
Indianapolis might already have its next kicker.
Chase McLaughlin is a rare commodity in the uncertain world of NFL kicking. Young. Talented. Tested. Already put through a ringer of a rookie season, kicking for five different teams in a single year, a winding, never-ending path of flights and hotel rooms that finally landed him in Indianapolis.