Ex-Colts PK Mike Vanderjagt Says He Hasn't Been Blackballed By NFL

When former Indianapolis Colts placekicker Mike Vanderjagt left football three years ago, he was the most accurate professional kicker to ever play his position. Vanderjagt made 86.5% of his field goals and missed 36 field goals in his entire career. After the Colts 41-0 wildcard loss to the New York Jets in 2003, Vanderjagt had gone on Canadian TV and said he was down on his Colts team because Manning and the head coach at the time, Tony Dungy, weren’t fiery leaders. “I’m not a real big Colts fan right now, unfortunately,” Vanderjagt said. “I just don’t see us getting better.” Did that comment seal Vanderjagt’s fate in Indy and in the NFL? “My wife says I’ve been blackballed,” Vanderjagt says. “I tell her that’s not how the NFL works.” He says over and over again that he’s out of the league because he “went from outstanding to mediocre.”

Source: Yahoo! Sports
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