Is there a rumor about Vinatieri having a hidden injury? (1 Viewer)

[SteelerMurf]

I have no link, just someone mentioned on another board that there is speculation that Vinatieri has an injury they are not disclosing?

Anyone????

 

[pizzatyme]

Being here in Indy, it has only been speculated on talk radio. I've seen nothing substantial to make me believe it. People want to give Vinatieri a pass. I think he is just in a funk, much like Vanderjerk went through.

AV is a quality guy, so I won't flame him. But missing the 29 yarder is inexcusable.

Not much help here, but that's what I know.

 

[3C's]

It was mentioned during the game Sunday after he missed the 49 yarder, but he denied it afterward.

 

[SteelerMurf]

are you guys continuing to play him?

I mean the offense is not premier anymore and there are lots of quality options that are sitting on waivers each week (like Kris Brown vs. Cle this week)

 

[pizzatyme]

It was mentioned during the game Sunday after he missed the 49 yarder, but he denied it afterward.

Was it mentioned, as in speculation, from a commentator? That wouldn't surprise me. People find it hard to believe that a guy with such a track record, can be failing like he is at the moment. Some will try to make excuses. If he is truly injured, I seriously doubt Dungy would continue to put him in a situation to fail. Attempting 49 yards FGs is doing just that.

 

[JaxBill]

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/367100.html

And also, since you're asking for rumors, here's PFT's comments on it-

POSTED 10:13 a.m. EST, November 19, 2007

VINATIERI HINTS THAT HE'S HURT?

A reader tells us, and we've separately confirmed, that Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri conceded to ESPN's Sal Paolantonio after Sunday's win over the Chiefs that "no one in this locker room is 100 percent." The report initially appeared on ESPNNews after the game.

The statement could be interpreted as a failure by Vinatieri to deny that he's hurt, and thus an implicit admission that he really is.

It remains to be seen whether anything comes of this. But, if Steve Tasker of CBS is to believed, Vinatieri at least should show up on the injury report as probable, or as participating in practice despite an injury.

POSTED 8:23 a.m. EST, November 19, 2007

DUNGY DENIES THAT VINATIERI IS HURT

Throughout the broadcast of Sunday's Chiefs-Colts game, CBS analyst Steve Tasker commented that Indy kicker Adam Vinatieri has been hiding an injury to his plant leg. Tasker said he talked to Vinatieri about the situation, that Vinatieri said he would not use the injury as an excuse for errant kicks, and that Tasker actually saw that Vinatieri's plant leg was wrapped.

But Colts coach Tony Dungy says that Vinatieri isn't injured.

“Adam is fine," Dungy said. "I got that question . . . something was said on the broadcast, but no, he is fine."

More than "something" was said on the broadcast, Coach. Tasker was clear, detailed, and persistent.

But given Dungy's carefully-cultivated image of being a guy who would never tell a lie, everyone will assume that Dungy is telling the truth -- and that Tasker must have been abducted by aliens with Dennis Kucinich.

It's a crock, in our view. As we see it, either Dungy is lying (and thus really hasn't succeeded Mother Teresa as the most pious person on the planet) or Dungy is being lied to by others in the organization.

The latter hypothesis has been floated to us by multiple league insiders of late. Specifically, some folks wonder whether Dungy is kept in the dark about things like injury reporting shenanigans and enhanced sound in the RCA Dome (if that's happening) and anything else that might not comply with the letter and/or spirit of the rule book.

Regarding the injury reports, Vinatieri isn't the only player as to whom the Colts might have been taking some liberties. Recently, linebacker Freddy Keiaho's concussion eventually became a head injury and, finally, it was an ear injury.

As one league source said, "Has anyone ever missed a game with an ear injury? Is it an earache? A wax problem? Or is that just the body part hit first on the way to a concussion?"

And a reader made this observation regarding receiver Marvin Harrison's ongoing absence due to a supposedly bruised knee: "I had a bruised knee once when I was seven and didn't miss a single turn on the monkey bars. You mean to tell me that a professional athlete with no history of being soft has missed almost two months because of a knee bruise, no way. Also, he was questionable in Week Six and is still out in Week Eleven. I am just surprised no one else is questioning the truth of a knee bruise on a world class athlete that has sidelined him longer than a number of 'real' injuries would."

Finally, we've heard from some folks who were in the RCA Dome on Sunday for the Chiefs-Colts game, and who were present when the Chiefs played the Colts in the 2006 playoffs. We're told that, on Sunday, it was much quieter. And this will prompt further speculation that the Colts used to enhance crowd noise, but have stopped doing so after the controversy that erupted in the wake of their last home game against the Patriots.

 

[Memphis Foundry]

It was mentioned during the game Sunday after he missed the 49 yarder, but he denied it afterward.

Was it mentioned, as in speculation, from a commentator? That wouldn't surprise me. People find it hard to believe that a guy with such a track record, can be failing like he is at the moment. Some will try to make excuses. If he is truly injured, I seriously doubt Dungy would continue to put him in a situation to fail. Attempting 49 yards FGs is doing just that.

Yes -- before both of his first two attempts last Sunday (both misses) -- the commentators talked about Vinatieri having an injured plant leg and that it was obviously affecting his performance. Tony Dungy later denied that Vinatieri has an injury. ETA: It didn't sound speculative, they brought it up in a very matter-of-fact way as if it were pretty well known. But the team denied the reports after the game.

 

[SteelerMurf]

man after reading this, I don't think I can afford to keep him

 

[pizzatyme]

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/367100.html

And also, since you're asking for rumors, here's PFT's comments on it-

POSTED 10:13 a.m. EST, November 19, 2007

Finally, we've heard from some folks who were in the RCA Dome on Sunday for the Chiefs-Colts game, and who were present when the Chiefs played the Colts in the 2006 playoffs. We're told that, on Sunday, it was much quieter. And this will prompt further speculation that the Colts used to enhance crowd noise, but have stopped doing so after the controversy that erupted in the wake of their last home game against the Patriots.

OMG, that is just ridiculous! I was there. It was quieter. I believe people were in a hangover from the 2 game skid. I was amazed that on the Colts 3rd defensive play of the game, everyone in our section took their seat. There wasn't much to get excited about during the game.This is why PFT is a joke IMO, crap like this.