After having an MRI on right knee last week, the Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri found that he needed to have a surgery to remove a piece of loose cartilage, and after the surgery, he may need four to eight weeks to rehabilitate.
The surgery was operated on Tuesday. And one day later, the Colts signed veteran kicker Matt Stover to replace the league’s best clutch kicker. Since he already had a surgery on his right hip and right knee this summer and managed to make a short field goal in the fourth quarter of Sunday night’s 31-9 win over the Tennessee Titans, it was surprising to know that the kicker underwent another surgery and would be not seen in his Colts jersey for so long. Hopefully he will be back before the season ends.
And it is just reasonable for a team to find a replacement when they lose a starter. What was surprising was that, the team released starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson to clear a roster spot for signing Stover. Johnson was released by the Colts last season after being arrested on a drug possession charge. He re-signed with the Colts in May when the team tried to beef up its undersized defensive line and managed to win his starting job. However, his unsatisfying performance on and off the field caused him to be released by the same team for the second time in the past 13 months.
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