Vinatieri to Colts? *agrees in principle w/Colts*

[DLK150]

According to Patriots fans listening to a Boston radio station, WEEI.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/showthread.php?t=32968

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

Wouldn't that be poetic justice! :p:

[Woods]

According to Patriots fans listening to a Boston radio station, WEEI.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/showthread.php?t=32968

I can't believe the Colts can afford V.

I wonder if we're waiting for Mare? If so, I hope he's cut before Vinitari (sp?) and Vandarjak are already gone.

[DLCassidy]

How is it Indy can afford him and we can't?:banghead:

[RealCowboyfan]

I hope this is a joke...:starspin

Don't tell me the Cowboys going to sit on their and wait for Olindo Mare to be released. With Josh Brown and Vanderjaqt turning their cards into another team...

Cowboys is b-s-ing...

[Woods]

How is it Indy can afford him and we can't?:banghead:

I tell you, if we do one last thing in FA, I hope we sign a Kicker!

Preferably this week!

[KD]

Hopefully after BIG Larry Allen takes a pay cut.

[theogt]

With Josh Brown and Vanderjaqt turning their cards into another team...What? Has there been an update on Brown?

[PacoReloaded]

How is it Indy can afford him and we can't?:banghead:It's not that we -can't- afford Vinatieri.. it's that we -don't- want to spend big money on a kicker.

[CrazyCowboy]

Not a rumor......it is a fact jack!

[theogt]

Not a rumor......it is a fact jack!Check the timestamps.

[Erik_H]

Check the timestamps.
ESPN reporting "deal in principle"

which entirely sucks.

[fortdick]

Check the timestamps.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/wcStory?contentId=5403548

Doesn't seem like a rumor!

[Q_the_man]

LOL, when i saw this earlier I was thinking he resign with the Pats even though it said Colts, lol

[theogt]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/wcStory?contentId=5403548

Doesn't seem like a rumor!Neither that link nor the others reporting this as fact were availabe when the OP was made. That's what I was pointing out.

[fortdick]

Neither that link nor the others reporting this as fact were availabe when the OP was made. That's what I was pointing out.

Timestamps? We don't need no stinking time stamps!:D

[Cbz40]

Here is another:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2378824


Updated: March 21, 2006, 7:12 PM ET
Vinatieri agrees in principle to deal with Colts
By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com



The most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history is about to be replaced by one of the most clutch placement specialists in the game.
Adam Vinatieri

Kicker
New England Patriots

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2005 SEASON STATISTICS
FG Att PAT Att Pts Long
20 25 40 41 100 49

ESPN.com has learned that unrestricted free agent Adam Vinatieri, who provided the winning field goals in two of the New England Patriots' three Super Bowl victories, has reached a contract agreement in principle with the Indianapolis Colts. There remains some work to be done on the contract, but the deal could be completed by Tuesday night.
The contract, if completed, would be a multiyear deal, with a signing bonus of $3.5 million.
Vinatieri would replace longtime Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt, the most accurate field goal kicker in NFL annals, who is also an unrestricted free agent. And the move for Vinatieri is fraught with irony, given the rivalry between the Patriots and the Colts.
A 10-year veteran, Vinatieri, 33, has converted 263 of 321 field goal attempts and 367 of 374 extra point tries in 160 games. He recently visited with Green Bay officials but left without a contract.
Vinatieri ranks at No. 7 on ESPN.com's Top 50 unrestricted free agents