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Pat McAfee retiring from the NFL

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This really sucks.    He is a great punter, gets involved in the coverage and kicks off very well.  

The Colts ranked in the top five in special teams play in most articles I have read.   This could put the special teams in a tough spot.   We have to assume the net yards per kickoff and punt will increase for opposing teams. 

 

Pat McAfee excelled both as a punter and a kickoff specialist, ranking first and fourth in the league, respectively. His 47.7 gross average on punts ranked second in the league to the Rams’ Johnny Hekker by 0.1 yards per punt, and the 10.4 percent of his kickoffs that were returned was the smallest among all kickoff men.

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WOW   what a bummer of news to wake up to this morning.  

 

I will miss him,  I will miss his passion for the game, I will miss his love for the team, I will miss his personality and humor, I will miss his occassional tackle haha  I will miss his love for us fans, I will just plain miss him. 

 

I am stunned.   Tell me it's not true.

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10 minutes ago, mahagga73 said:

Calm down, he's a punter. 

Not sure if serious? 

 

He was a major presence in the locker room. Had the talent and the tools to do multiple jobs... And honestly he became our unofficial player spokesperson. This guy will be sorely missed in the organization. I'll miss watching him perform amazing trick plays on Sunday afternoons. 

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7 hours ago, WoolMagnet said:

It also bothers me the way he did it.  I knowvhe's trying to be funny and promote "website of the minute" but this was insensitive to colt fans .  Timing was odd.

i'm wondering if his knee is worse than originally thought or if he's just a knucklehead:

 doesn't he realize being a punter in the nfl was the crutch that held up his comedy? There used to be a restaurant in pittsburgh called Woodson's (rod).  Its not there now.  See my point?

He certainly isn't that funny on his own.  More like a great NFL punter who can hit on a joke once in a while, which puts him in contrast with many other NFL players.  He's the slightly crazy guy in a sea of straight arrows.

 

But as a pure joke teller, he sucks actually.

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7 minutes ago, DougDew said:

He certainly isn't that funny on his own.  More like a great NFL punter who can hit on a joke once in a while, which puts him in contrast with many other NFL players.  He's the slightly crazy guy in a sea of straight arrows.

 

But as a pure joke teller, he sucks actually.

He's really not funny. But he is a good punter. And this is something else to worry about this offseason. Apparently Irsay knew about it last week and tried to get him onboard for one more year . So add punter to defense for needs . Might need to use one of those picks for a punter . 

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17 minutes ago, mahagga73 said:

Calm down, he's a punter. 

You don't think it'll affect the team?   Field position is huge.  

I'll post this again -

Pat McAfee excelled both as a punter and a kickoff specialist, ranking first and fourth in the league, respectively. His 47.7 gross average on punts ranked second in the league to the Rams’ Johnny Hekker by 0.1 yards per punt, and the 10.4 percent of his kickoffs that were returned was the smallest among all kickoff men.

 

The replacement punter and kickoff player we get will not hit those numbers. 

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7 hours ago, ar7 said:

That sucks for the Colts but i'm sure McAfee will do well. 

 

I can't blame him. He has already made lots of money, knee surgeries suck to recover from, knows what he ultimately wants to do and has an opportunity to do it. 

 

Also, I wish he was retiring to do a radio show for 1070 from 12-3 on weekdays instead of going to Barstool. 

 

12-3 on weekdays suck. How that tool has a show is beyond me. 

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Some of you are taking this way too personally. He was an entertaining guy and the best punter in the league while with the Colts, and will be missed. You can't blame the guy for pursuing what he says is his real passion, especially with his surgeries. Good luck to you Pat!

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2 minutes ago, DougDew said:

He certainly isn't that funny on his own.  More like a great NFL punter who can hit on a joke once in a while, which puts him in contrast with many other NFL players.  He's the slightly crazy guy in a sea of straight arrows.

 

But as a pure joke teller, he sucks actually.

I wish him the best, i hope he doesn't regret it.

and i hope he saved some of the cash he made, cuz i don't see the barstool thing being a longterm move. he had some major potty mouth last night too.  That gets old fast. Unnecessary .

but i enjoyed him as a Colt and respect any man's decision of what they choose to do with their lives.

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6 hours ago, Buddy Lee said:

I guess this is the outfit he is joining. Don't look like much.

https://www.boston.com/sports/media/2017/01/31/the-nfl-denied-barstool-sports-super-bowl-press-credentials-because-of-their-deflategate-sit-in

Sorry but youd be wrong. They just launched a four day show on comedy central and beat literally everyone in the 18-34 demo minus conan

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As someone who attended school in new england when barstool started and following it for almost a decade this is a great move for Pat...AND indy. Ive always wanted them to blow up to other cities (currently the big 3 are boston nyc and chicago w a failed philly website) and wanted indy to be that city. Now it can be. Any other stoolies on here??

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8 hours ago, MFT5 said:

kind of annoying & uncalled for seeing as real colts fans have been put through a loop but understanding it's just sports it's still to a degree insensitive. Yu rip Grigson then yourself arrogantly put your "retirement" at the forefront of the team.

 

ughhh smh Punters these days

 

He ripped Grigson for personal reasons.

 

As far as retirement, he did it before free agency even started.  So the timing was right on it.  

 

Obviously we'd like to see him playing for longer, but it's his body and his life.  And this game is rough on people's bodies.  Apparently even punters.  

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6 hours ago, Shafty138 said:

I agree with the above poster, Pats challenge will be getting people to give 2 %s about him now...... most of his audience was colts fans...... even NFL fans of other teams dont know who he is most of the time......  this has to be because of injury, only way it's legit and makes sense for him, bes luck PAt!

 

C'mon folks! Think about this critically. While it is possible that Pat McAfee would want to retire for no other reason than "going out on top" or "wanting to explore other opportunities", what are the real reasons most people bail out on their work teams? Putting up with the s*** in the workplace isn't worth it. This is often the hallmark of a dysfunctional workplace culture. Those who think that Grigson was the major, or only, component of the problem are delusional.

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2 minutes ago, CoachLite said:

 

C'mon folks! Think about this critically. While it is possible that Pat McAfee would want to retire for no other reason than "going out on top" or "wanting to explore other opportunities", what are the real reasons most people bail out on their work teams? Putting up with the s*** in the workplace isn't worth it. This is often the hallmark of a dysfunctional workplace culture. Those who think that Grigson was the major, or only, component of the problem are delusional.

Nice to see you're basing that on nothing but speculation

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4 minutes ago, CoachLite said:

 

C'mon folks! Think about this critically. While it is possible that Pat McAfee would want to retire for no other reason than "going out on top" or "wanting to explore other opportunities", what are the real reasons most people bail out on their work teams? Putting up with the s*** in the workplace isn't worth it. This is often the hallmark of a dysfunctional workplace culture. Those who think that Grigson was the major, or only, component of the problem are delusional.

Wha???

Delusional???

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48 minutes ago, mahagga73 said:

Calm down, he's a punter. 

 

The number of ways this is a completely uninformed post is off the charts.

 

1) He was not just a punter.  He was the best punter.  Changed field position all the time.

2) Why minimize the way other people are feeling about this news.

3) He is hugely important in the community.  Just curious - do you live in Indy?

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8 minutes ago, CoachLite said:

 

C'mon folks! Think about this critically. While it is possible that Pat McAfee would want to retire for no other reason than "going out on top" or "wanting to explore other opportunities", what are the real reasons most people bail out on their work teams? Putting up with the s*** in the workplace isn't worth it. This is often the hallmark of a dysfunctional workplace culture. Those who think that Grigson was the major, or only, component of the problem are delusional.

 

Or he could have retired for precisely the reason he said he did.

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1 hour ago, mahagga73 said:

Calm down, he's a punter. 

 

You've got to be crazy if you don't think losing a pro-bowl punter in the prime of his career isn't going to hurt.  It takes quite a bit of skill to drop that ball inside the 5 or send the ball sailing 50 yards and giving our defense the best field position possible.  

 

Our team just got a lot worse today.  

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1 minute ago, Valpo2004 said:

 

You've got to be crazy if you don't think losing a pro-bowl punter in the prime of his career isn't going to hurt.  It takes quite a bit of skill to drop that ball inside the 5 or send the ball sailing 50 yards and giving our defense the best field position possible.  

 

Our team just got a lot worse today.  

I doubt it will be a lot worse.    The next punter probably won't be as good,  but we will field another punter

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55 minutes ago, CoachLite said:

 

C'mon folks! Think about this critically. While it is possible that Pat McAfee would want to retire for no other reason than "going out on top" or "wanting to explore other opportunities", what are the real reasons most people bail out on their work teams? Putting up with the s*** in the workplace isn't worth it. This is often the hallmark of a dysfunctional workplace culture. Those who think that Grigson was the major, or only, component of the problem are delusional.

 

He cited 3 knee surgeries in the past 4 years.  

 

Most likely it's as simple as the guy deciding that he'd still like to be able to walk when he's 40 years old.  And doing something that messes up your knees the the point that they need surgery every year puts that at risk.  

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12 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

Nice to see you're basing that on nothing but speculation

Actually there is allot of truth to what he says.    Workplace atmosphere plays sizable role in when people retire.   Not the only reason, but it is part of it.  

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7 minutes ago, Valpo2004 said:

 

You've got to be crazy if you don't think losing a pro-bowl punter in the prime of his career isn't going to hurt.  It takes quite a bit of skill to drop that ball inside the 5 or send the ball sailing 50 yards and giving our defense the best field position possible.  

 

Our team just got a lot worse today.  

Oh it's gonna hurt our special teams unit. But while I love the guy, our team didn't just get A LOT worse. But it definitely downgraded. We will be seeing more returnable kickoffs and some bad punts that we never see from McAfee. Hey at least we got a new GM this week!

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