KANSAS CITY, Mo. – If Sunday night was vindication for Adam Vinatieri, if it was one last step on his way back from the slump that seemed to get its start on the Arrowhead Stadium field last January, the greatest kicker of all time did not say it.
Vinatieri felt a little vindication for his team, for a team that had been written off by many when Andrew Luck retired, for the team that convinced Vinatieri to come back for his 24th season because he felt something special brewing in Indianapolis and backed up even after Luck’s shocking retirement announcement.