Coach Lynn expands her decision to change kickers

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The Los Angeles Chargers announced their decision to release Caleb Sturgis and reinstate Michael Badgley as the team's kicker on Monday morning.

In the afternoon, head coach Anthony Lynn met with the media, explaining why the team chose to relocate.

Basically, Lynn said that it was just time to move on to performance.

"It's always difficult to switch from one player to another," Lynn said. "I believe in all these guys. We feel that we gave Sturgis a fair shot and we stayed with him as long as we could. Everything came to the performance. "

Sturgis competed in the Chargers' first five games before missing the next two games due to a quad injury. In perfect health, he returned to Seattle, but struggled to win the team's 25-17 victory, missing a 42-yard field goal and two more points. Overall, he scored 9 goals out of 13 (69.2%) overall and 9 of 15 (60.0%) over the extra points.

So, as Lynn explained, it was time to move from the veteran to Badgley, perfect for 3-of-3 goals and 7-for-7 for extra points during his two-game spell against the Browns and Titans.

As the head coach says, the shippers hand over the keys of the car to a rookie who has proven herself when she has had the opportunity.

However, this does not mean that the team is not looking for additional ways or options to improve the game of kicking.

"I would like to give him the car keys and let him drive, but we talked about bringing in another kicker, maybe to start and maybe help out in this area," Lynn said. "It's something we're just watching. You hate to do something like that because you lose depth at other positions. I think Mike is a young kicker who will improve his kickoff and the strength of his leg. I hope it is a good start for his career. "

It is clear that Badgley conquered the locker room with his performances of weeks 6 and 7. In fact, his 16 points in total were the most marked by a loader without losing a kick during his first two matches in history of the franchise.

"It's a good kicker," said Rochell Isaac Monday. "I think it's going to be explanatory when we have a kicker like Badge who has not missed since he's in the NFL. I think that kind of speaks for himself. We definitely trust him and at the end of the day we just want him to go through the amounts. "

Perhaps more than any position, kickers need some self-confidence and a passion for the game. According to Rochell, Badgley has a "wild mentality" that is rare among kickers.

He is one of his teammates.

"Everything else is just what it is, but we need a guy who will go out there and make the right choice when we need it," Rochell said. "Badge did that for us, so we're excited. … It sort of has that wild mentality, which you do not think of in a specialist, but I think it's very important. I think it's important when the game is coming to an end and you have a guy who has to score a shot on goal, to be like, "Yes, I'm not even worried about it. I can do that 10 times out of 10. 'So I'm excited for him.'

Take a look at the highlights of the spectacular 9th week win in Seattle.