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

In the afternoon, Head Coach Anthony Lynn met with the media, expanding on the reasons why the team opted to make the move.

Basically, Lynn said it was simply time to move on based on performance.

"It's always tough to move on from a player," Lynn said. "I believe in all these guys. We feel like we gave (Sturgis) a fair shot, and we stayed with him as long as we could. It just came down to performance."

Sturgis appeared in the Chargers' first five games before missing the next two with a quad injury. Fully healthy, he returned against Seattle, but struggled in the team's 25-17 victory, missing a 42-yard field goal as well as two extra points. Overall, he was 9-of-13 (69.2 percent) on field goals and 9-of-15 (60.0 percent) on extra points.

Thus, as Lynn explained, it was time to move on from the veteran and go back to Badgley, who was a perfect 3-for-3 on field goals and 7-for-7 on extra points during his two-game stint against the Browns and Titans.

As the head coach put it, the Chargers are handing over the keys to the car to a rookie who has proved capable when given the chance.

However, that doesn't mean the team isn't looking at additional ways and options to improve the kicking game.