The Los Angeles Rams will need a new kicker next season because Matt Gay is getting paid handsomely. According to NFL Network, the Indianapolis Colts are signing Gay to a four-year deal worth $22.5 million, the biggest contract ever for a kicker in free agency.
It doesn’t make Gay the highest-paid kicker in the league because Justin Tucker makes $6 million per year, but it is the highest total value for a free-agent kicker. It’s the second-largest kicker deal in the league behind only Tucker, who got $24 million for four years.
The Rams chose not to franchise tag Gay knowing they might lose him in free agency, and now they have.
The #Colts are signing kicker Matt Gay to a four-year, $22.5 million deal. Biggest ever deal for a kicker in free agency and most money over three years for a kicker on the deal negotiated by @davidcanter and @NessMugrabi https://t.co/W9DJIytUWe
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 14, 2023
Gay has been one of the best kickers in football the last two seasons, missing only two field-goal attempts in 2022: one from 51 yards and one from 61.
The Rams signed Gay back in 2020 after the Bucs released him and he’s been nothing but clutch ever since.
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