Free agent kicker Caleb Sturgis met with the Seahawks on Thursday and will take a visit with the Chargers on Friday, according to Eric D. Williams of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
Los Angeles is certainly in need of a new kicker this offseason, as the club deployed four different kickers in 2017 without much success. The Chargers have already met with former Raiders K Sebastian Janikowski, so they’re looking at all available options. Seattle, meanwhile, signed Jason Myers — who has a 36 games worth of experience — to a futures deal earlier this year, but Sturgis could represent an upgrade.
Sturgis, for his part, barely played last season, as he suffered a hip injury in Week 1 of the Eagles’ season. Jake Elliott experienced success as Sturgis’ replacement in Philadelphia, so a reunion between the Eagles and Sturgis doesn’t seem possible. Sturgis, 28, owns a career field goal percentage of 81.0 over parts of five NFL campaigns.
Gotta love when a kicker has a choice to make more money.
Go gators. Whichever one doesn’t get Sturgis can grab Piniero with a seventh rounder
What’s with all these kickers getting hurt so much the last couple of years? Did I miss a meeting?
Yea at the kickers union meeting they figured out that if more guys get hurt then the teams have to sign more kickers. It’s how they employ 40 kickers across 32 teams.
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