With third-year kicker Matthew Wright proving he deserves to be a starter for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team had a tough decision to make this week with Josh Lambo. They made that tough decision Tuesday morning and released him, making the veteran a free agent.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have released K Josh Lambo, the team announced today.
— JaguarsPR (@JaguarsPR) October 19, 2021
This expected decision came after the veteran kicker got off to a rough start in 2021. After looking like a Pro Bowl-caliber kicker at one point of his time in Jacksonville, Lambo missed his first three field-goal attempts of the season and also missed two extra-point attempts. One missed field goal (55 yards) came Week 1 against Houston, while the other two came the following week against Denver (52 and 48 yards). Then lastly, the two extra points were missed Week 3 against Arizona.
Lambo joined the Jags just two days over five years ago (Oct. 17). After a promising start to his time with the team, he was given an extension on Feb. 14 of 2019 worth $6.5 million guaranteed, which was a top-7 figure at his position. However, his last two seasons have been riddled with injuries or missed kicks, unfortunately.
On Monday, Jags coach Urban Meyer said Wright deserved to be the team’s starting kicker after his performance against the Miami Dolphins. He was big for the team, making two 50-plus yard field goals within the last four minutes of the fourth quarter, something that had been never done in the NFL.
Meyer also added that the staff would meet Monday to decide on the other roster moves and it appears they made the decision then on what to do with Lambo.
Urban says they’ll meet today to discuss roster decisions, but “obviously Matthew Wright has earned the right to be our starting kicker” #Jaguars | @FCN2go
— Mia O'Brien (@MiaOBrienTV) October 18, 2021
