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Los Angeles Chargers cut struggling kicker Tristan Vizcaino, sign veteran Dustin Hopkins

The Los Angeles Chargers, insistent that they were confident in kicker Tristan Vizcaino despite his league-high five missed PATs this season, cut him on Tuesday and signed former Washington Football Team kicker Dustin Hopkins.

It's another chapter in the seemingly never-ending kicker saga the Chargers have been going through since Michael Badgley, the self proclaimed "money badger" who was 24 of 33 on field goal attempts last season, lost a competition with Vizcaino before the start of this season.

The Chargers had stuck by Vizcaino through his struggles with coach Brandon Staley trying to work through technical issues he believed were the problem.