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Redskins K Forbath signs tender
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Washington Redskins kicker Kai Forbath, a restricted free agent, signed his $1.54 million tender Thursday.
Forbath is entering his fourth season with the Redskins since joining the team in 2012. In 40 games, he has converted 88.1 percent of his field-goal tries (59 of 67).
Last season, he hit 24 of 27 (88.9 percent), the third-highest percentage by a Redskins kicker, trailing only Mark Moseley (95.2 percent in 1982) and Forbath’s debut season in 2012 (94.4).
After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
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In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
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