marcus

5 clutch field goals.
The guy is money.

The Patriots could have kept him. They had the money.

NEPat

This is what we have to look forward to if the Pats beat the Chargers. Six days of Vinatieri talk. What a joy.

The Predator

How do you know we do not have a clutch kicker?

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Pucker up Peyton

Richter

As far as I know, the Patriots are still playing, and have not lost a game on account of the current kicker, so... no, I still like the decision to let AV go and bring in a cheaper, competent replacement. While I hated to see him go, I understood the decision, and 5 field goals in a playoff game doesn't change my feelings on the matter one bit.

satz

r you stupid ? .Adam wanted to kick in a dome the only way to keep him was build a dome stadium. I am 100% sure no team would have build a dome to make a old kicker happy.

How was the 50 yrd the new kicker we have nailed a 51 yrd where it looked it will good from 60 against the bears.

And no we did not have the money to build a dome stadium for adam ... can you prove that this was pocket change ?

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SVN

colts paid Adam V for his past accomplishments ..pats let him go looking at the future

BelichickFan

Nope, he said himself he didn't give the Patriots a chance to match.

shmessy

Satz is right on. There was not enough money to put a roof over Gillette.

AV left because he WANTED to. He was positively giddy to kick in a dome closer to his family.

That being said, if the Ravens had a KR worth anything, he would have taken a few of AV's KO's that barely reached the 12 tonight at least to midfield.

Yes, at this moment AV is a better and more reliable Kicker than the Ghost. But not by that much and we haven;t seen the Ghost under real playoff pressure yet. We do know that Gostkowski has it all over AV with kickoffs and has performed very well in a rookie season where he has had the weight of a legend on his shoulders in a not so friendly climate - -the Boston media eats its young.

All that being said, gotta love the post, Marcus. That was worthy of Dan Shaughnessy. BTW, what's the over-under on Shaughnessy's first column this week on AV? I say, by Monday morning.

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thewaylifeshouldbe

Regardless of the Patriots and his history here, he is definately paying off dividends with his post season play so far for the Colts. His 5 for 5 performance tonight will go a long way towards justifying his signing and the money spent.

But let him pull even one Vandershank maneuver during the pressure and needed win, and this day will be long forgotten by the fans.

sarge

5 clutch fieldgoals???

I guess the criteria for clutch field goals is basically any that Adam kicks???