Free-agent kicker Adam Vinatieri still wants to play next season in spite of a setback in his rehabilitation from knee surgery, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
Vinatieri's rehab has been slowed due to quarantine, and he is not certain that he will be healed up by next season.
The 47-year-old is coming off of a dreadful 2019 campaign with the Indianapolis Colts in which he made just 17 of his 25 field-goal attempts and missed six extra points in what was easily the worst season of his NFL career prior to undergoing season-ending knee surgery.
Vinatieri, who played his collegiate football at South Dakota State, went undrafted but landed with the New England Patriots as a free agent in 1996.
He went on to become one of the most legendary kickers in league history, making a couple of Pro Bowl appearances as well as earning a pair of First-Team All-Pro selections during his decade-long tenure with the Patriots.
Most importantly, Adam Vinatieri made countless clutch kicks along the way, including the game-winner in New England's Super Bowl 36 victory over the St. Louis Rams back in February 2002, marking the first Super Bowl win in Pats history.
Overall, Vinatieri won three championships with the Patriots before joining the Colts in 2006.
He spent 14 years in Indianapolis, making a Pro Bowl and notching a First-Team All-Pro selection in 2014 when he made a career-high 96.8 percent of his field-goal tries.
Throughout the course of his illustrious NFL career, Vinatieri has connected on 83.8 percent of his field goals.
However, it seems that Father Time has finally caught up with the future Hall-of-Famer.
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