2020 appears to be the year that formally retired NFL players are looking to make a comeback to the league.
Pat McAfee hasn’t appeared in an NFL game since the 2016 season, but it appears he has begun entertaining the idea of a comeback.
The former Indianapolis Colts punter spoke on this after a fan noted he had been “teasing us on Twitter showing your absolute cannon of a leg,” and wondered if he’d “ever go back to punting in the NFL?”
“For me punting balls in the back yard, I’m not 100% sure what’s going to happen. Honestly, I have no idea. Right now I’m just trying to see if the legs are okay. I’m feeling much better than I felt a year ago whenever I was thinking about doing this, the legs feel good, the ball is flying, I think mentally I feel better. Right now I’m just enjoying getting back into my sanctuary which is just bombing balls, and I just so happened to be kicking the living… “it” out of the balls right now too so that feels good.”
He then expanded on his comments by naming off a few teams that he would be interested in:
“Do a couple places potentially need a punter that I have friends who are coaching there? Maybe… Detroit, by the way, is another place. A lot of people popping off in my comments last time about the Lions needing a punter. Pittsburgh needs a punter. I mean, there’s a lot of places that need a punter. Kansas City Chiefs are currently in the middle of an open tryout for punter. I don’t know if they’d take me, but there’s a lot of places that potentially need a punter.”
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McAfee added, “I’m not 100% sure I’m going to make a comeback, but I’m giving it a go in the backyard just to see if I can make it. And also, I really enjoy doing it.” He was also quick to add that “the balls are flying very, very high right now, very, very high.”
