Indianapolis Colts to sign K Matt Gay: 7 thgs to know

Contents:

• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• MATTGAY
• 7 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT COLTS' NEW K MATT GAY
• RAMS LOSE MATT GAY TO EE AGENT NTRACT WH COLTS
• MATT GAY TO MAKE HISTORY ON NEW AL WH COLTS
• RAMS KICKER MATT GAY BROUGHT TO HIS KNE BY UNIFORM FE OM NFL
• REPORT: FORMER UTAH KICKER MATT GAY SIGNS WH THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — AND WILL BE ONE OF THE NFL’S HIGHT-PAID KICKERS
• COLTS SIGN RAMS' MATT GAY TO BIGGT EE AGENT AL EVER FOR A KICKER
• MATT GAY SAYS GOODBYE TO RAMS AFTER EARNG RERD NTRACT OM COLTS
• RAMS HAVEN'T LOST ANY NFINCE MATT GAY SPE RECENT WO
• MATT GAY
• COLTS' MATT GAY: AGRE TO RERD-SETTG AL

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.

MATTGAY

Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.

“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

7 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT COLTS' NEW K MATT GAY

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.

Boldy played a few tournaments and golfed high school his hman and sophomore years. The Indianapolis Colts and pendg ee agent kicker Matt Gay agreed to a four-year al Monday night to make him one of the hight-paid players at the posn. Gay ially attend Utah Valley, playg soccer for two seasons (2014-2015) for the Wolver.

RAMS LOSE MATT GAY TO EE AGENT NTRACT WH COLTS

After his two seasons at Utah Valley, Gay transferred to Utah as a walk-on for the Ut football team.

Durg his two seasons at Utah, Gay nverted 56-of-65 field-goal attempts (86.

After gog through the entire 2020 offseason wh the team that drafted him, Gay was waived by the Bucs durg the fal roster cuts.

MATT GAY TO MAKE HISTORY ON NEW AL WH COLTS

A week or so after beg waived by the Bucneers, the Colts signed Gay to the practice squad. Gay has spent the last two-pl seasons wh the Rams, appearg 41 gam. Over the last two seasons, Gay has nverted 60-of-64 field-goal attempts (93.

Though his reer is still s early stag, Gay already ranks among the most accurate kickers the history of the game.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (4-12-1)CAMP SITE: Wtfield, IndianaKEY ADDITIONS: Head ach Shane Steichen, offensive ordator Jim Bob Cooter, QB Anthony Richardson, QB Gardner Mshew, K Matt Gay, DE Samson Ebam, DT Taven Bryan, CB JuJu Brents, WR Josh Downs.

RAMS KICKER MATT GAY BROUGHT TO HIS KNE BY UNIFORM FE OM NFL

Is losg kicker Matt Gay on a ee agent ntract wh the Indianapolis Colts acrdg to Peter Schrager.

Super Bowl champn and former Rams K Matt Gay tends to sign wh the Indianapolis Colts.

REPORT: FORMER UTAH KICKER MATT GAY SIGNS WH THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — AND WILL BE ONE OF THE NFL’S HIGHT-PAID KICKERS

Signed 2020 followg a disastro four-player dn to replace Greg Zuerle, Gay has been one of the Rams’ most nsistent and reliable members of the team over the last two and a half seasons.

Gay was a Pro Bowl kicker 2021 and he ma 74-of-80 field goals over the past three years wh the Rams. The st for taggg Gay would have only been $3 ln more perhaps than a bad kicker to replace him, and the same st to fd a good kicker. Gay is gettg one of the richt kicker ntracts history, a five-year, $22.

The Colts paid a big price for Gay, a player who was released after his rookie season wh the Tampa Bay Bucneers, to replace Chase McLghl as the kicker after McLghl went 30-of-36 on field goals. ” Rogers echoed those sentiments, quippg: “I’m out there beg a full gay man on that beach, and that wh s maladi and succs.

COLTS SIGN RAMS' MATT GAY TO BIGGT EE AGENT AL EVER FOR A KICKER

“The tth is [the village of] the P was very closeted and origally envisned as a straight muny, ” she ’d also like her podst to help dismantle the stereotype of Fire Island beg a haven strictly for whe cisgenr gay men, notg: “The tth is, is filled wh women and trans folks, particularly [the village of] Cherry Grove. Are played out the ty, remote gay muni as well, ” Rothschild said. The publitn ran a story about this battle between a nservative fay who owns a wealth management firm and their gay neighbors, who own the rtrant next door.

MATT GAY SAYS GOODBYE TO RAMS AFTER EARNG RERD NTRACT OM COLTS

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay rights. The Indianapolis Colts and pendg ee agent kicker Matt Gay agreed to a four-year al Monday night as the legal tamperg perd menced.

RAMS HAVEN'T LOST ANY NFINCE MATT GAY SPE RECENT WO

This was no ordary ntract, eher, as Gay is set to make a b of history.

ET at the earlit, the Colts reportedly are set to sign Gay to a four-year al worth up to $22. That ntract is the richt ever given to a kicker ee agency and, acrdg to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Gay will make the most money over three years for a kicker on the al. Gay’s agent, David Canter, certaly felt the f wh the Colts was perfect, pecially sce his client ma a b of history wh the al.

MATT GAY

Still, Gay appeared to be one of the top prri as he was the first outsi ee agent to agree to a al wh the team.

Gay started out wh the Tampa Bay Bucneers 2019 and spent some time wh the Colts durg the 2020 season before the Los Angel Rams plucked him om the practice squad. A 2021 Pro Bowler, Gay has nverted 101-of-115 field-goal attempts (87. Gay is 17-of-23 on 50+ — Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) March 14, 2023.

COLTS' MATT GAY: AGRE TO RERD-SETTG AL

(Kyung Gong / Associated Prs)Rams kicker Matt Gay sported yellow football pants several siz too large at practice Friday, part to make a statement to the NFL about the hefty amount of sh the league extracted om his, a Pro Bowl selectn last season, said he was rmed by letter that he had been fed $5, 000 bee the pants he wore the Rams’ season-openg loss to the Buffalo Bills did not ver his fashn statement for practice me after he posted a statement and photos of his baggy troers to social media.