Colts re-add kicker Shane Andrus as Vinatieri heals from hip surgery

by Brad Wells on Jun 9, 2009 1:12 PM EDT in Colts News

Oh boy. Adam Vinatieri's status for training camp just got a whole lot more uncertain:

The move comes less than a week after veteran place-kicker Adam Vinatieri underwent surgery on his right hip. Although Vinatieri’s availability for training camp is uncertain, the team expects him to be ready for the start of the regular season.

Shane Andrus is a solid kicker who was in camp with the team in 2006 and 2007. So, it is not unusual to have him around in August. Still, signing him now while Vinatieri recovers from hip surgery suggests to me that we shall see very little of Adam V in training camp and pre-season.

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YES, I hoped this guy would come back. I'm off to find his preseason stats

now all we need is Josh Betts………

OH NO WE SUCK AGAIN!

by colts9318rock on Jun 9, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions

Has anyone found anything

that lets us know exactly what kind of hip surgery Adam V. had? Knowing the Colts though, probably not.

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Jun 9, 2009 3:54 PM EDT reply actions

Not sure, but

I read somewhere, maybe IFR, that the surgery was to correct a problem that had been lingering for over a year. I didn’t follow him much in NE, but his leg looked as good as ever last year, so I don’t think it should be such a huge problem. Just ask the Vikings.

by slash196 on Jun 9, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Shane Andrus has a nice kick off leg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bormGUw3m90

OH NO WE SUCK AGAIN!

by colts9318rock on Jun 9, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

Holy crap!

That was what, like 65-70 yards?

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Jun 9, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it was 65

but it didn’t have alot of hang time. Any kicker off the street can kick it that far on a line……….maybe not Mike Vanderjagt. You want hang time to give your coverage team time to get down feild. That returner could have been down to the 35 before the coverage caught up to him. Not a good kick off, I should not have posted that. MB

OH NO WE SUCK AGAIN!

by colts9318rock on Jun 9, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions