Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich indicated a move might be coming on Monday.
But consistency became an issue at the end of Blankenship’s rookie season.
“It didn’t feel great coming off my foot,” Blankenship said. “I just didn’t make contact how I wanted to. I didn’t really hit the ball square and had kind of a lazy follow-through.” “It’s a luxury to have a punter who kicks off and kicks off as well as Rigo,” Ventrone said. “Back to Rod and his development on kickoffs, he has done a pretty good job. … We’ve done a good job of getting his kickoffs to a level where we were comfortable playing him in a game like that.”
Ironically, McLaughlin lost a training camp competition to Blankenship in 2020, sending him criss-crossing the NFL again after kicking for five different teams — three as an injury replacement in the regular season — as a rookie.
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