At this moment, who would you rather have as your PK, Gostkowski or Adam - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

***BradyFTW!*** · 10-05-2008, 11:37 PM

Gost. Adam has been shaky lately, doesn't have great range, and Gost puts us in great field position on kickoffs.

***ctpatsfan77*** · 10-05-2008, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by D-cleater

Ditto. It's easy to say that we'd rather have Gostkowski now, he is clearly the better athlete and has a long career ahead of him. BUT, you gotta wonder what the outcome of last year's SB would be if we still had THE most clutch postseason kicker of all time waiting on the bench.

That's exactly what he would have been doing as Brady tried to convert the 4th down, since he missed every kick of 40+ yards he tried last year.

Fencer · 10-06-2008, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by denverpatsfan

Count the Rings! If he is so good why didn't they let him kick the FG at the end of the half in the Super Bowl!!!!

Dunno, but that wasn't the Pats' best coaching day AT ALL. So I place less credence on that choice than I otherwise might have.

lostjumper · 10-06-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by D-cleater

Ditto. It's easy to say that we'd rather have Gostkowski now, he is clearly the better athlete and has a long career ahead of him. BUT, you gotta wonder what the outcome of last year's SB would be if we still had THE most clutch postseason kicker of all time waiting on the bench.

I wouldn't trust Adam with anything longer than 4o yards anymore. He doesn't have nearly the range that Gost does. There is no way BB would have had Adam try that fieldgoal in the superbowl last year. Adam is well past his prime. At this point, you take Gost hands down.

***Leave No Doubt*** · 10-06-2008, 09:52 AM

Gost has 100% of my confidence. Giving credit to BB and co, I think they brought him in at exactly the right time and developed him at exactly the right pace.

AV was looking at the downside of his career when he left, but the dome helped him out a lot-it was a good move for AV and a good one for us.

It was sorta sad to see Adam miss yesterday (though we cheered when he did

). Great memories with AV, but we've pretty much moved on.

PatsFan2 · 10-06-2008, 09:57 AM

Ghost looks like he's well on his way to becoming a Great one

...Adam who?

Sivy · 10-06-2008, 10:00 AM

welker....just kidding, sorta...but I'd take the Gost.

TheGodInAGreyHoodie · 10-06-2008, 10:04 AM

Being I am a Patriots fan and NOT a Colts fan.... Gostkowski

***PatsFanSince74*** · 10-06-2008, 10:14 AM

i am a big fan of Gostkowski and think in the end he could prove to be every bit as good as Adam. But, I can't forget the snow bowl kicks and the SB XXXVI and XXXVIII game winners. Until the Ghost puts up pressure kicks when everything is riding on it, I'll always wish we still had Number Four.

I just don't think that BB would have gone for it on fourth and forever inside FG range in a dome if AV had been warming up on the sidelines... Sorry, but that's how I feel. We lost by three...

***ctpatsfan77*** · 10-06-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsFanSince74

i am a big fan of Gostkowski and think in the end he could prove to be every bit as good as Adam. But, I can't forget the snow bowl kicks and the SB XXXVI and XXXVIII game winners. Until the Ghost puts up pressure kicks when everything is riding on it, I'll always wish we still had Number Four.

As I said above, he did it twice in his second playoff game (including a 50-yarder when the Patriots desperately needed to make something happen).