CaptainHook Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 (edited) He will be handling the kick-off duties. Colts cut kick-off specialist Jason Baker, who has not been so "special" in my opinion. INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 8, 2004) -- The Indianapolis Colts signed Martin Gramatica to be their new kickoff specialist. Gramatica replaces Jason Baker, whom the Colts released. Gramatica spent his entire six-year career with Tampa Bay until the Buccaneers cut him Nov. 30. He was chosen as the NFC's Pro Bowl kicker in 2000 and had been one of the NFL's strongest kickers, having made 78.8 percent of his field goal attempts before this year and 15 field goals from longer than 50 yards. This year, Gramatica struggled. He made 11 of 19 attempts and had not made a field goal longer than 22 yards since Oct. 10. But the Colts, who already have the NFL's most accurate kicker in Mike Vanderjagt, don't need Gramatica to place-kick. After working out for the Colts on Dec. 7, Gramatica said he could be kicking off Dec. 12 against Houston. "It's going to be different," Gramatica said. "I think I'm going to kick off Sunday, but I don't know for sure yet." link Edited December 8, 2004 by CaptainHook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rock Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Weird.. Gramatica never seemed like a guy with a HUGE leg. At least not any bigger than Vanderjagt, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 I dunno Rock, Gramatica kicked a 65 yarder in college at Kansas State. I've always thought of him having a big leg. Vanderjagt is crap on kickoffs. He's got a bad combination of short kickoffs with little hangtime. Colts have tried many different things over the years to make up for it. They haven't employed a kick-off specialist for a while, but decided to do it again this year. Baker has been so-so. He didn't have a great week against the Titans either. I'm sure the Dungy connection helped land Gramatica though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Just what I need. My K, who gets cut, to become a KO specialist. This year sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 You don't get points for kick-offs in your league? Weird. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 Martin Gramatica is kicking the $%^$ out of the ball. Three kick-offs, none have been returned past the 21. And he just kicked the third out of the end zone. Looks like the Colts have found there kick-off specialist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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