Over the last few seasons, the Colts’ special teams unit has become known as the fourth down army, with kicker Adam Vinatieri, punter Pat McAfee, and long snapper Matt Overton leading one of the league’s best special teams lineups.
Even as recently as last year, Vinatieri almost certainly wouldn’t have been anybody’s choice to outlast the other two with the Colts, but that’s exactly what has happened. McAfee retired this offseason, and then last week Overton was released. That leaves Vinatieri, the 44-year old legend, as the last man standing from that trio.
“Everybody loves consistency,” Vinatieri told FOX59’s Mike Chappell this past week.