Italian Patriot
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he's earning a lot of money for a kicker next year. i think he'll be here personally but you never know
People have selective memories. When you combine that with the what have you done for me lately mentality, you know what you get.People forget that even the greatest kickers including Vinatieri have bad years in their career. Not including this year, Vinatieri only completed 80% or less of his field goals in eight different seasons. And he is likely to go to the Hall of Fame. Gostkowski is at 80% right now.
Gostkowski will be given another shot next year. He may have competition in camp, but he has been good enough throughout his career to earn another shot.
I think he will be, just because there isn't much better out there, and I imagine BB would not want to start again with a rookie kicker. I can see the Pats asking him to take a pay cut during the offseason, though, based on his performance this year. Whether he'll take it or not remains to be seen.
I think he will be, just because there isn't much better out there, and I imagine BB would not want to start again with a rookie kicker. I can see the Pats asking him to take a pay cut during the offseason, though, based on his performance this year. Whether he'll take it or not remains to be seen.
The Pats will not touch Gostkowski's contract. There is no need to. You're acting like Gostkowski is only kicking at a 65% pace. That all 3 games were lost because of his field goal kicking and that he's not doing his job on kick-offs.
The reality is that he's doing outstanding on kick-offs. He's got more touchbacks this year after 12 games than he did last year after 16. And the average return against him is down to 20.7 from 21.6.
Yes, he has 6 misses on FGs. He's 8 of 10 from 30-39 yards and 7 of 11 from 40-49 yards..
Let's recap those misses:
42 yard FG against Arizona
49 yard FG against Buffalo
42 yard FG against Buffalo
36 yard FG against Indy
39 yard FG against the Jets.
49 yard FG against Miami.
I think everyone has pretty much agreed that 49 yarders are not gimmees by any stretch of the imagination. So, all you people are making a fuss over 4 missed FGs. Of which, only 1 of them would have had any bearing on the result of the game..
Think about that for awhile..
People forget that even the greatest kickers including Vinatieri have bad years in their career. Not including this year, Vinatieri only completed 80% or less of his field goals in eight different seasons. And he is likely to go to the Hall of Fame. Gostkowski is at 80% right now.
Gostkowski will be given another shot next year. He may have competition in camp, but he has been good enough throughout his career to earn another shot.
Davis Akers was the highest scoring kicker last year....this year he has been a major disappointment. It's like being a relief pitcher, you never know what you'll get year after year.
As far as the Ghost goes, I swear you can watch his alignment right before the snap and predict pretty accurately if it will be good or not.