Colts' Matt Gay is 1st in NFL history to make 4 FGs of 50 yards or longer - ESPN

BALTIMORE — When Matt Gay became perhaps the centerpiece of the Indianapolis Colts' free agent class in March, the signing caused barely a ripple amid the spring's flurry of NFL transactions.

But, for Indianapolis, its acquisition of Gay is beginning to look like one of the offseason's savvier moves.

The fifth-year kicker Sunday became the first player in NFL history to convert four field goals of 50 yards or longer in a single game, his 53-yard conversion in overtime catapulting the Colts to an unlikely 22-19 road victory at M&T Bank Stadium.

Gay said it was in a rare zone Sunday, making five kicks in all — three from 53 yards and two others from 31 and 54 yards each.

Gay was «really just in that blackout mode where I wasn't thinking too much,» he said.

«When I'm not thinking about anything, and I'm just back there kicking, it means I'm fluid,» Gay said.

The Colts needed every bit of Gay's big leg Sunday as they were playing without starting quarterback Anthony Richardson. The fourth overall pick in the 2023 draft missed the game with a concussion he sustained last week against the Houston Texans, and the Colts' offense was much more limited with backup Gardner Minshew under center.

For Gay, it was an opportunity to make good on the team's faith in him at a moment when his contributions were most necessary.

«As much as you do it in practice and you try to get that respect of your teammates and things like that,» he said, «nothing does it like a game.»

That growing confidence in the kicker was immediately evident among Gay's teammates.

«That boy was nailing them,» linebacker Zaire Franklin said. «People underestimate the power of the kicking game.»

Franklin later added, «That boy is a savage, man. Whatever he needs, I