The colts recruited Tuesday, the Crotter Michael Badgley on the list of 53 players, replacing Spencer Shrader after Shrader underwent an injury to the season during the win victory in the fifth week against the Raiders of Las Vegas. The colts also placed Shrader on the injured list, placed the Mike Hilton corner half, who left Sunday’s match with a shoulder injury, on the injured training team and recruited the Troy Pride Jr. corner half in the training team.
Badgley already knows the colts, since it was initially signed by the team in 2018 as a free agent not drafted. Badgley spent the pre-season working alongside Adam Vinatieri, nominated for the renowned temple of professional football, before being renounced by the colts before the start of the season. Badgley returned to the colts in 2021, replacing Rodrigo Blankenship, injured in week 5. Badgley assumed the kicks of week 6 to week 18; In 12 games, Badgley converted 18 on 21 placement attempts and succeeded 39 out of 39 on the PAT.
With this, Badgley is also already used to playing alongside the long Vivaneau Luke Rhodes and the bettor Rigoberto Sanchez, who have been with the colts since 2016 and 2017, respectively.
The special team coordinator, Brian Mason, admitted Tuesday that the person who should make the biggest adjustments with the arrival of a new botter would be Sanchez, because it is he who places the ball for the kick. And with this relationship with Sanchez already established, which would have already been a smooth transition with two experienced veterans in Rhodes and Sanchez becomes even more fluid.
“He will ensure that the training is correct, that the cadence is correct, that the botter obtains the location exactly as he wishes,” said Mason on Tuesday, before the colts sign Badgley. “And Rigo is an excellent holder, and obviously he is a veteran. With us having two veterans guys, it will certainly be able to make things a little more fluid in the transition, because they are really able to understand how to operate and have a lot of experience in this area both in training and in a match … But it will certainly take a few repetitions this week so that they can be comfortable of that.
In 64 career games with the Colts, the Lions (2022-2023), the Bears de Chicago (2022), the Titans du Tennessee (2021) and the Los Angeles Charge (2019-2020), Badgley succeeded 98 attempts at 119 (82.4 %) and 168 out of 175 on the PAT. He has a sheet of 5 out of 13 during attempted placement of 50 or more yards, with a career of 59 yards.
Badgley missed the 2024 season due to an injury to the hamstrings suffered during the training camp with the Lions. In 2023, Badgley participated in four games for the Lions, with a sheet of 4 out of 4 on the goals on the field and 13 out of 15 at the PAT.
