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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.Good to see him getting some national commercials, but he certainly deserves a contract extension.
That's true.....but it took awhile. Last year, IMO,was the first year BB showed complete faith in the kid and let him consistently attempt the longer FGs. Hard to believe this is his 9th year as a Patriot...2 more years than Vinatieri (7 yrs). AV has more years as a Colt, 9,...and his 2013 season was one of his best....Like a fine wineMoreover, Belichick now has a kicker he trusts.
Hilarious. Still perplexed by what happened two years ago when he was probably one missed kick against the Jets away from his job being in serious jeopardy. Glad he's been able to turn it around.
hes a team player, and he fosters a positive work enviroment.
As I've been saying: unlike most players, kickers tend to improve with time. There is no reason to believe Gostkowski can't still be in this league a decade from now.
Moreover, Belichick now has a kicker he trusts. Letting that kicker go (worse still, to another top-tier team), and then having to start over with a new kicker, would be a mistake.
You think NE made a mistake letting Vinatieri go and replacing him with Gostkowski?A mistake that we already did.
You think NE made a mistake letting Vinatieri go and replacing him with Gostkowski?
I see what you're saying and I don't think anyone wanted to see AV go. But Gost has been good since he got here. And he hit a 50 yarder in SD in the Divisional Round in 2006, so they must have had some kind of confidence in him. Maybe AV gets a chance at that field goal in XLVI but the o-line was terrible that game and the defense got worn down.That's a difficult question to answer. Theoreticals are worth next to nothing, but Vinatieri could have made the difference in both the 2006 AFCCG and the 2007 Super Bowl - not because Gostkowski was a worse kicker, but because the coaching staff trusted Vinatieri more in extreme pressure situations and the result was more attempts to go for it on 4th down (especially that one head-scratcher in 07). On the other hand, Gostkowski is undoubtedly a better kicker now.
So, basically, it's complicated.
That's a difficult question to answer. Theoreticals are worth next to nothing, but Vinatieri could have made the difference in both the 2006 AFCCG and the 2007 Super Bowl - not because Gostkowski was a worse kicker, but because the coaching staff trusted Vinatieri more in extreme pressure situations and the result was more attempts to go for it on 4th down (especially that one head-scratcher in 07). On the other hand, Gostkowski is undoubtedly a better kicker now.
So, basically, it's complicated.