TheKillerNacho Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/06/15/buccaneers-sign-rodrigo-blankenship/ Blankenship had a promising but turbulent career with the Colts, with his tenure being cut short partially due to injury. Now fully recovered from a torn leg muscle, he'll compete for the Bucs' kicking job against the player who replaced him in Indianapolis just a season ago, Chase McLaughlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKillerNacho Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 Chase McLaughlin and Rodrigo Blankenship have an interesting rivalry. As a second year player, McLaughlin was the Colts' incumbent kicker going into the 2020 season after receiving a 1-year extension. Indianapolis signed Blankenship as an UDFA to compete with him, whom McLaughlin ultimately lost out to. After bouncing around various teams for two seasons, McLaughlin ultimately ended up back on the Colts to replace Blankenship following his horrendous Week 1 that caused the team to tie the lowly Texans. After the season, the Colts decided to throw big money at Matt Gay instead of retaining him, prompting him to sign instead with the Buccaneers to fill their kicking vacancy (quickly beating out Jake Verity)... only to be challenged yet again by Rodrigo Blankenship who was brought on months after signing to be the apparent starter. Who will win out this round, I wonder? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 42 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said: Chase McLaughlin and Rodrigo Blankenship have an interesting rivalry. As a second year player, McLaughlin was the Colts' incumbent kicker going into the 2020 season after receiving a 1-year extension. Indianapolis signed Sanchez as an UDFA to compete with him, whom McLaughlin ultimately lost out to. After bouncing around various teams for two seasons, McLaughlin ultimately ended up back on the Colts to replace Sanchez after his horrendous Week 1 that caused the team to tie the lowly Texans. After the season, after the Colts jettisoned him for Matt Gay, he joined the Buccaneers to fill their kicking vacancy (after beating out Jake Verity) only to be challenged yet again by Rodrigo Blankenship who was brought on months after signing to be the apparent starter. Who will win out this round, I wonder? Did you flip Blankenship's name for Sanchez, or did Sanchez flip to being the punter at some point due to all of this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 McLaughlin is better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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