Mike Vanderjagt - Sacrificial Goat

Somebody will have to pay for yesterday's loss by Indianapoplis and the goat who will pay with his job will be kicker Mike Vanderjagt. So let it be writen - so let it be done.

Yes you could lay the blame for yesterday's loss to Pittsburgh squarely on the shoulders of Peyton Manning (but he would just turn around and blame his offensive line). You could blame Tony Dungy for his team once again being bounced out of the playoffs but Tony just underwent an unspeakable tragedy and you would have to be a heartless bastard to blame Dungy now (he'll take the fall next year when once again Indy chokes in the playoffs).

Someone has to take the blame and that someone will be Vanderjagt (idiot kicker). It makes sense. The team needs someone to publiclly take the blame and the heat. Vanderjagt choked (no other way to describe that kick) and his contract pays him $2.9 million when you can hire a kicker with just a good a chance of choking in the playoffs for a third of that price.

No way is Vanderjagt on the Colts roster when they open up their season in 2006.