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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I'm not throwing Gostkowski under the bus...BUT...it's a Championship Game, big guy. You can't miss an Extra Point. I don't want anybody else kicking for the Pats and I love your regular season stats and no one is throwing you under a speeding bus for missing your first attempt in 254 tries, but no one would have "blamed" #4 for missing the kicks that tied the snow bowl ("greatest kick under pressure in the history of the NFL") or that won SB XXXVI and XXXVIII with time expiring or a handful of seconds left on the clock...but he made them...he made them...you're still upright on the sidewalk and the bus has gone by and plenty of other people are more to blame for the loss, but you can't miss an XP in a Championship game when Vinatieri has set that standard...
Vinatieri missed a 31 yarder in SB 38 (shorter than Gost's XP) and a 36 yarder in SB 41. Unlike Adam, Gost didn't get the chance to make up for his mistake.
yes, i had done my homework and found that kick, which is why I worded my statement the way I did...Gostkowski has never had a chance to show that he could do what #4 did. But that doesn't take away from or diminish the fact that Adam did do what he did. And that's why he'll be in Canton, even if Goskowski eclipses every one of his Regular Season records.Vinatieri missed a 31 yarder in SB 38 (shorter than Gost's XP) and a 36 yarder in SB 41. Unlike Adam, Gost didn't get the chance to make up for his mistake.
He missed a 2nd one in SB 38 as well - it was blocked because the trajectory was too low. Ghost came back and hit 2 field goals, one from 46 yards. He also hit a game-winning (from behind) 54 yard field goal against the Giants in NJ this year. Let's not pile on and call Adam a saint and Ghost a fraud. It's like when people say now, Charlie Weis is the greatest OC of all time and Josh McDaniels isn't clutch like him. Charlie put up some stinkers too.
This just goes out to a few people on here. It sucked that the Patriots lost today and I was saddened as much as the rest of you. But let's lose with a little dignity and not go throwing the coach, kicker, and quarterback under the bus.
We all knew going to Denver was going to be tough. And we knew their defense is fantastic and found a way to drag an average to below average offense to 12-4.
A lot of us were asleep on Denver and Vegas should have had this game as EVEN considering the Broncos were at home and the Patriots have had a history of losing games in Denver.
It was an exciting game that went down to the final few plays. That is the mark of a pretty successful season considering all the adversity. As the offseason approaches, let's fix some of the holes on the roster. But let's not throw away all the goodwill from last year by whining or being ungrateful.
forget dignity i need a couple more Al Jizzera threads to laugh at
forget dignity i need a couple more Al Jizzera threads to laugh at