Colts: Adam Vinatieri Putting Home on Market Pretty Much Seals Fate With Indy

Longtime Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri is selling his home in Indianapolis.

The writing was pretty much on the wall regarding Adam Vinatieri’s future with the Indianapolis Colts entering this offseason.

In 2019, the 47-year-old vet endured the worst season of his 24-year career by a wide margin, converting 68% (17-for-25) of his field goal attempts, which ranked 31st in the NFL. He was equally dreadful on extra-points, hitting just 78.6% of his tries.

When you couple that woeful display with this latest news, you’re forced to assume that Vinatieri’s tenure with the Colts is all but finished.

Per the Indy Star, the free agent kicker put his home in Carmel, Indianapolis on the market earlier this week.

If this doesn’t seal Vinatieri’s fate with the Colts, then we don’t know what will. To the best of our knowledge, the four-time Super Bowl champ hasn’t garnered a sniff of interest in free agency, so you really have to wonder if he’ll be forced to retire before long.

Not only was he brutal from an efficiency standpoint, but his health also betrayed him as he underwent season-ending knee surgery in December. Plus, the Colts signed top college kicker Rodrigo Blankenship when he went undrafted.

As far as the house is concerned, we’d be surprised if it lasted on the market for very long. It sits on 14.58 acres of land and has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a home gym and theater, an indoor pool, a sauna, a greenhouse, and five-car garage. Vinatieri bought the home for $1.3 million in 2012, and is reportedly listing it at $2.25 million.

If this does mark the end of Vinatieri’s tenure in Indianapolis, then he deserves nothing but love from fans. Over the last 14 years, he delivered countless clutch moments while hitting on 339 of 394 field goal attempts (85.3%). It’s sad to see Iceman not go out on top, but both he and the Colts would admit that it’s time to go their separate ways.