Adam Vinatieri
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Well, they've got an awesome campaign that they're doing right now. Myself and Clay Matthews, Joe Thomas, and Fletcher Cox are all working with Colt to honor nonprofit organizations that are making an impact and keeping the communities informed and safe. You always hear about these.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
crazy situations where kids get guns or whatever in their household what happened in indianapolis just last night where a nine-year-old sibling ended up unfortunately handling a gun and a four-year-old got shot and you hear tragic stuff like that all the time and you just like man this This sucks.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
So we're really they're really trying to educate everyone on safety and responsible firearm ownership. And so they're doing this cool campaign that fans can learn about these great charities and vote to determine the winner of this award by visiting safety impact award dot com. They're donating a dollar for every – let me see.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Colts is donating $1 to the winning nonprofit organization for every vote cast. And by voting, you're entered into winning – they're doing a Colts big game safety sweepstakes. So if there's a safety in the Super Bowl – A lucky winner will have the opportunity to win up to $100,000 from Cordova. And so all you have to do is go on, vote, and then you're automatically in.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
And the voting ends January 31st. So safetyimpactawards.com. And let's just make awareness for... People and, you know, handling, you know, not everybody likes firearms. I understand some people do, some people don't.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
But I think we can all agree that if you're going to have them, if you're going to handle them, let's let's be safe and let's learn how to handle them and make sure that stupid accidents don't happen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
You'd be the only Jets fan that didn't give me a finger a long time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Well, philosophies have changed. I tell you what, you know, with now, with all these coaches seeing the analytics and stuff, if it's fourth and whatever short, they're going for it. If you're inside the red zone, it seems like they go for it more than they don't. So I feel like not only not, I really honestly feel like the majority of the field goals are 45 to 60 yards now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I mean, you're seeing a ton of long field goals and,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
you know just to credit the kickers most of these guys are drilling them making them you know so it's nothing for the coach to send a guy out for a 56 yarder and sure enough you know it's just it's happening a lot so you know not not all of them are successful you've seen some guys that have little ups and downs this year obviously but uh yeah the expectation is you know that guys are going out there and kicking long ones and making long ones so good for them
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
you know, playoffs are all around and now all of a sudden you get some wind and rain and some snow like we had this last weekend and things can go awry at times. It's not, you know, 55 yarders difficult enough if you're in a dome, but now put 10 mile an hour winds and some snow into that sucker. And yeah, it becomes a little bit more difficult, but you know, that's part of the deal.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Yeah, I'm not going to, myself included at times, I feel like when you go out for that long field goal, that 50 yard or plus, whatever, you're really zoned in. You're really concentrated on all of your techniques and your timing and the process, everything that goes into it. Unfortunately, you know, you line up for a,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
28 yard or a 33 yard extra point or whatever you know you assume you're going to make those you kind of sometimes take a deep breath or or let off of your focus a little bit and that's when it kind of bites you in the butt and then you then you go to the sideline go how the heck did i miss there's no way you know i i can make a
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
of those in a row, but, but sure enough, I mean, that's the thing that happens at times, you know?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
So, I mean, you know, the operation sometimes can change, you know, it could be an off snap or an off hold or whatever, but a lot of times it's just a, it's a mental lapse from the kicker, you know, not concentrating the same as they would when they go out for a 50 yarder, they know they have to do everything right to make that kick.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Hey, honestly, it would depend on the day. Obviously, you know, it depends on the weather out there and stuff, but I've got two boys that are both kickers. One's in high school. One's going to school at Louisville, punting for them. And so I go out and hit a ball with them every once in a while.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I would not say that I'm at the top of my game by no means, but I think they were banging a couple through if they needed it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
As far as I'm concerned, I'm competing. I've
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
When they beat me, there will never be a time that I let them win. So they still haven't?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
They'll beat me fair and square if it happens, for sure.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Uh, so the majority, it's funny you asked that. I had a special teams coach named Tom McMahon. He's, he's in, uh, he's with the Raiders right now. I love him. Great guy. One of my favorite coaches of all time. And he gave me the line. Hey, listen, we're going to give you the line of demarcation. You're going to tell me before the game. Hey.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
what's your range what are you comfortable with whatever but he said but you do know there's no such thing as a line of demarcation right like it comes down to it and you tell me hey we're I don't know we're in San well prime example we were playing in San Francisco one day at one game and it was windier than crap that day and we warmed up both sides and we knew it wasn't a matter of distance it was a matter of what the wind was going to do and so I told him I said hey honestly going this one direction the other way we were we were good from
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Six. win, I told him 50-51 is realistic, right? Anything outside of that, it's a crapshoot, right? Because the wind's just killing it, knocking it down, whatever.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
He sends me out for, I think it was either 52 or 53, and sure as shit, I hit this ball, you know, and I put it out at the right post, and the ball went up, and it just kind of started fading and dying, and it fell a half a yard short in front of that left upright, and I said... 50, 51, it's good. 53, it's not. So I'm not giving you BS numbers. I'm telling you what it is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
But at that point, it was right before halftime, and they said, got to kick it, right? So I assume every time I go out there, even if I give them a line and they put me out for eight yards further, I walk out there with the thought and the anticipation that I'm going to drill this kick, even though it doesn't always work that way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
You know, it's funny you ask that. I do respect the crap out of special teams coaches. And the reason why I say that is, is each position coach usually deals with, you know, Hey, I'm a tight ends coach. So you got five or six guys, or I'm a receivers coach and I got eight or nine guys or offensive line or whatever. Special teams coaches deal with everybody on the team, except for,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
quarterbacks and superstar running backs and number one receivers like everybody else is playing special teams so if you've got 54 guys on your team plus practice squad whatever right 52 you're you're really coaching 40 45 guys all the time so Their jobs are pretty difficult, and I think owners and GMs sit there and go, well, we need to have an offensive-minded coach or a defensive-minded coach.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I think special teams coaches can do a pretty good job because you can still have an offensive and defensive coordinator calling your plays and doing all that, and as the special teams coach, you're managing the team, right? It's more like a baseball manager than anything.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
As fun as that would be, I don't think the major thing that would stop me from coaching at a big power five school in college would be the recruiting offseason. That's just too much. I understand what big time football is all about. I went through it for years. For 20 some years, right? So I understand the time commitment during the season.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
It's the off season that I would be like, man, I'm not traveling all over this country every day for three or four or five months straight. So he has not reached out. He wants to come and consult and work with his kickers and do some of that stuff. The least he could do for you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
You know, I mean, maybe I've got a little bit of a little bit of knowledge that would help them guys out a little bit.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
That's a good question because both surprised the crap out of me. I really thought that Bill would stick around for an NFL job. I mean, he's so close to the all-time winningest coach. I feel like he would want to get that record and beat Shula out for that record. But, you know, he... you know, I think he also wants the exact perfect situation, right? Hey, I want control.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I want to be able to be the head coach and the GM. You sit back and let me do my job and I'll win a bunch of games for you. And I don't know if he had the exact situation this last year. So I want to say there's probably some interest in him last year, but maybe just maybe he didn't like any of the situation. And, and, uh, I know Nick, Coach Saban's a very good friend to him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
They've both coached together a long time. And maybe maybe Coach Saban said, hey, coaching at that college level is pretty fun. So, you know, it did surprise me that he went there because I feel I felt like he was going to just kind of tread water this year and then get a head coach job in the NFL. But good for him. I'm sure I'm sure he'll make North Carolina and. who's an ACC team too.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
So my son's got to play against those guys probably. And it's going to be, we'll see. We'll see. He might make that team be a playoff team before you know it, for sure.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I would think his recruiting ability and the people that want to play and people like myself who have been in the league would probably tell their kids, hey man, I want you to go there and learn from him because he's not only going to make you a better football player, he's going to make you a better man. He's going to teach you you know, all of the, everything that goes into it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I think he's going to turn that organization upside down and make it really good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
You know, first time is always the best time. Nothing against number two, three, four. Like, those are all awesome. Trust me when I say that. They're all wonderful. But the first time that you get to the top of the mountain, there's nothing quite like that. And the fact that we were such huge underdogs that year, you know, going against the Rams, the greatest show on turf, and
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
and having to beat the Raiders at home and that snowball and, and beating Pittsburgh on the road being, I don't know, nine or 10 point underdogs. So we, we had an uphill battle that whole year. So that, that was pretty, pretty awesome. But I do say, you know, probably number two would be, would be when we won one with Indy because I,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
You know, going through it three times before, it never, ever gets old. But being on a new team and being one of the few guys that have ever had a championship and watching, you know, 50 other guys that became your teammates and watching them win it for the first time and watching the tears and the emotion and all that stuff was pretty awesome, too.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
So, you know, I would definitely say number one's by far the most, though, because it's the first time you've gone through it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
the one that I care about the least, the two that we were part of that we lost. I would like that stuff. You know, everybody sits there and goes, man, if we don't win, I don't even want to be in the playoffs. And after that, I understand the theory.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I mean, you still, it's still a lot of hard work to get to it, but everybody forgets number two, you know, it's kind of like kissing your sister kind of thing. It's not nearly as much fun. That's for sure.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I feel like personally for me, it does not. I guess I could go back and do a study on every time that they've iced a kicker for a game winner versus not to see what the statistics say. But the few times that they've done it for me – I guess it depends on the kicker, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
If a kicker starts to sit there and think about, oh, my God, and lets the pressure build on him, maybe it's a good situation for the team to do that. For me, I was always like, all right, if you want to call the timeout, it gives me 30 more seconds to – figure out the wind, get my footing right, you know. I know Gruden didn't ice me on the snowball one, and that was probably the right thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I mean, the field was covered with snow, and if he would have gave me another 30 seconds, I probably could have cleared a little bit more snow off and had my footing a little bit better. Probably, you know, if it's a rookie first year guy, maybe you try that. Maybe, probably you do. On an old veteran guy, I don't listen. I've seen it work the opposite way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I watched, who was it, Joe Nedney when he was with Tennessee, I believe, you know, and missed a kick, but they called timeout. And sure enough, you know, he goes back out there and he makes the next one. So, yeah. Nothing not to throw Joe, you know, not to say anything negative about him. He's a great kicker. But I think more times than not, I don't know if it helps. I really don't.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I love them both, and there's zero disrespect to Peyton Manning, but I'm taking Tom every time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I've lived it too many times to ever disrespect him and not say Tom Brady.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
I'm still taking Tucker. I know he had a tough season this year, but he's pretty damn good still. I'm still taking Tucker. You see what Mikey did there? You can say 75% this season, but he's 89% on his career. And if he knows my life's on the line, hopefully he likes me well enough to go ahead and put that one through.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Well, I do. So so I remember watching like Janikowski and I'm losing the name now. When I was a rookie, he was the kicker for the Giants. He's the kickoff guy. And I just remember like like my best kickoff and his best kickoff didn't even look the same. Right. Like he he's just murdered the ball. Right. And I was just like. man, I wish I could kick a ball that far, that, you know, whatever.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
But, you know, I kind of sat there and said, my mindset and my ability to zone in and to focus, I would take that ability over leg strength or speed or whatever. Like, okay, nobody would say, well, Adam's got the strongest leg in the world ever. Well, no, I know a handful of guys that probably could kick farther than me, but yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Hey, man, 48-yarder at the end of the game, I'm taking nobody but myself because I know that I'm going to walk out there and I'm going to drill that sucker.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
Yeah, so Colts has got this great program going on, Safety Impact Award, highlighting the critical mission of educating everyone on safety and responsible firearm ownership. Myself, Clay Matthews, Joe Thomas, and Fletcher Cox are all working with a bunch of nonprofit organizations. And so the thing that you can do is go to safetyimpactaward.com, vote on the potential winner.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- A Real 300's Guy
And for every vote, $1 goes to the winning nonprofit organization for every vote cast. All you have to do, like I said, is if there's a safety during the Super Bowl, some lucky winner will win up to $100,000 from Cordova. So all you got to do, safetyimpactaward.com, vote. Voting ends January 31st, so get out there and vote, and please vote for me.