{"id":9247,"date":"2014-02-26T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T17:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=9247"},"modified":"2014-02-26T12:23:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T17:23:28","slug":"would-the-colts-use-franchise-tag-on-adam-vinatieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/02\/26\/would-the-colts-use-franchise-tag-on-adam-vinatieri\/","title":{"rendered":"Would the Colts use franchise tag on Adam Vinatieri?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8810\" alt=\"adamvinatieri\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/adamvinatieri.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/adamvinatieri.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/adamvinatieri-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/adamvinatieri-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kicker Adam Vinateri is a free agent. At 41, Vinateri is coming off arguably the best season of his career.<\/p>\n<p>That makes Vinatieri a candidate for the franchise tag according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/colts-insider\/2014\/02\/25\/nfl-deadline-for-using-franchise-tag-nearing\/5806203\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IndyStar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise tag for kickers is set to be $3.4 million, which is what Vinatieri made in 2013. That means he will get a 20-percent bump to $4 million if he is hit with the tag.<\/p>\n<p>I have a hard time believe the Colts and Vinatieri will have to rely on the tag. The kicker seems to enjoy his time in Indianapolis and kicking in doors at-least eight times a season is a plus.<\/p>\n<p>The going rate for established kickers such as Vinatieri falls in the $3.5-$4 million range. Sebastian Janikowski was at the high end of that last season getting a four-year deal worth $19 million while Robbie Gould got a $15 million over the same time frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kicker Adam Vinateri is a free agent. At 41, Vinateri is coming off arguably the best season of his career. That makes Vinatieri a candidate for the franchise tag according to the IndyStar. The franchise tag for kickers is set to be $3.4 million, which is what Vinatieri made in 2013. That means he will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[625,81,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":["post-9247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-adam-vinatieri","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}