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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 was very happy that the Vinitraitor didn't come into play here. I was sick and tired of hearing about him this past week. Great game by Steven, and a much better Rookie season than Adam's was, I might add!!!
I don't think Gostkowski missed a FG in the playoffs, he is a keeper.
Blowing a 21-3 lead was bad enough, if it had been amplified by Gotti blowing it, that would have been a disaster. Gotti was excellent all post season and is clearly the long term answer.
That would have been a bad pick as we could have had Colston in the 6th round instead of Mincey The Mills pick looks bad - now - but we have other players (Chad Jackson) that are more important to step up. The Gotti pick looks good.Yup it was a 4th round pick well spent. My beef is how we spent the OTHER 4th on Mills when we could have taken a little TE project named Marques Colston. Course that with hindsight being 20/20!
Thankfully, I think that thread can officially die now. Letting Vinatieri go clearly didn't cost the Pats this game.
Gostkowski gave us a bumpy first few weeks, but, all in all, he's a keeper.
But that was never the main "point." Clearly Vinatieri helped the Colts, but it was always "oh no the Pats are doomed without Adam, whatever will they do, Gostkowski will choke, the Pats will never survive" ad nauseum.you missed a very important point....
by letting vinatieri go..it might not have cost you games...
but..it helped Colts a lot..he is one of the reason they are going to SB.
Vanderjerk/any other kicker would have missed some of FG's..
That's a nice saying for a fortune cookie but there's no reason to think this wasn't the right decision. We're better off with a low paid young leg than a highly paid older leg.every team makes difficult decisions
No team makes all the right ones, including the Pats