PFF 2016 Special Teams Rankings

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5. Indianapolis Colts

Pat McAfee put together arguably the best career of any punter in the PFF era (since the 2006 season), finishing with a bang in 2016 by earning the top grade at the position and allowing an average starting field position of 23.7 yards on kickoffs. He’s been among the top-three punters in overall grades each season since 2012, and his retirement leaves a huge hole on the Colts’ roster. Replacing him with former Vikings punter Jeff Locke represents a major downgrade, as Locke has never finished above 26th in PFF’s punter grades, and has only kicked off six times his entire career. Luckily for Indianapolis, the venerable Adam Vinatieri keeps on ticking, and in 2016, he finished third in PFF’s grading on field goals and extra points, hitting 27 of 31 attempts. Vinatieri missed just nine kicks the last three seasons combined, and in all likelihood, will be a Hall of Famer once he finally decides to follow McAfee’s (15 years Vinatieri’s junior) path out of football.

Man, while I think Locke is better than PFF gives him credit for, we are going to miss Patty Mac. No way to spin that. He was just all-world.

Cheers,