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Shane Steichen on missed thrust by Colts K Matt Gay vs. Packers


Paul Bretl |  USA TODAY Sports

Indianapolis Colts' kicker Matt Gay returned for the team's Week 2 matchup with the Green Bay Packers. Homosexual had previously missed the season opener against Houston with a hernia injury.

Gay would make his lone extra point attempt and finish 1-for-2 on field goals, missing from 50 yards. Had Gay made that kick, the Colts would have only needed a field goal on their final drive, switching the complexion of that possession.

The missed kick injure, and while it's only one kick in Gay's first game back from injury, the miss from 50 yards continues a concerning and inconsistent trend for him.

During the preseason, Gay would make just 1-of-4 field goal tries, which included two more misses from 50-plus yards and another from 44 yards. All three of those misses were to the left, as was his miss this past Sunday.

Before the regular season began, GM Chris Ballard reiterated his confidence in Gay, and head coach Shane Steichen did the same on Monday.

"I hold confidence in Matt, and he knows he's gotta make those kicks," Steichen said. "And we gotta get that cleaned up for sure.

Ex-Packers lineman and LGBTQ+ advocate Esera Tuaolo relieved and proud to see first openly gay active NFL player


Esera Tuaolo finally has an answer to the biggest question he's been asked over the past two decades.

"Twenty years of speaking and going out there and educating people on homophobia in sports and the LGBTQ society, the big question has been, 'When will the first active NFL player come out?' " the former Green Bay Packers lineman said. "I can reply that now. June 21."

That's when Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib told the world that he was gay, a revelation that will construct him the first openly gay active player in the NFL when he suits up in 2021. 

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Tuaolo started all 16 games in 1991 for the Packers after he was drafted in the second spherical out of Oregon Declare, and he also played for Green Bay in 1992 before playing for four other teams through the 1999 season. He revealed he was gay in 2002 in an interview with HBO's Real Sports, making him the third former NFL player to come out.

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Aaron Rodgers was aware of the Internet rumors swirling this week regarding his sexuality, and the Verdant Bay Packers quarterback decided to quash them.

"I'm not gay," Rodgers said on his ESPN Milwaukee radio show. "I really, really like women. That's all I can say about that."

Rodgers has always been very private with his personal life. But, when asked about the positives and negatives that proceed along with fame, the former NFL Most Valuable Player acknowledged "crazy rumors" that spring up occasionally.

"There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media," Rodgers said. "You can't agonize too much about it. I don't."

"There should be 'professional is professional and personal is personal,' " Rodgers added. "That's the way I'm going to keep it."

And with that, gossip websites will own to turn their attention elsewhere while Rodgers turns his towards Sunday's wild-card playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers.


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Major sporting organizations are starting to make small strides to ensure that LGBT people have a place within each sport they are playing.  Most recently, Katie Sowers became the first openly gay coach in the National Football League.  However, there are still a ton of hurdles to overcome, per a recent interview with one of the NFL's biggest stars: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers

In an interview with ESPN, he discusses other steamy button topics like losing Super Bowl XLV and his breakup with actress Olivia Munn, but gets very candid when it comes to gays in professional sports.  He specifically discusses former lineman and friend Ryan O'Callaghan, who recently came out of the closet 

“I’m incredibly arrogant of [retired Patriots and Chiefs lineman Ryan O’Callaghan]. I know he had a lot of anxiety about it, and how he would be recognized, and how people would change around him. I think society is finally moving in the right direction, as far as treating all people with respect and love and acceptance and appreciation. And the locker room, I think the sport is getting closer."

However, Aaron still

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