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I think, pure and simple, they're kickers.
Adam's value in NE's scheme was a certain number of dollars... he did get more when he left, but big fat honkin' deal.
Two possibilities (despite his misses/makes in the past, and his admittedly stellar performance on Sunday):
1) Either "clutch" kicking is worth a surcharge in the range of a million + per year, and Adam is likely to continue to exemplify this ability, in and out of weather (the Pats' situation,)
or
2) It is not, or he is not likely to exemplify the trait.
The Pats believed (2), and I (predictably) agree.
We've got a young, strong leg in Gostkowski, and no proof that he chokes or does not choke under pressure. We will find out. In Vinatieri, in Gillette, we were already seeing a decline. Even in the big games, as noted, he was missing some "unclutch" kicks that set up the "clutch" ones.
You don't need to hate AV to think hey, no regrets. Good on ya, just don't do it to us.
Next week, God willing, I will have good reason to wish him ill... and in fact, there is something to the poetic justice of Gost effectively disproving the "oh no Vinatieri is gone" contingent.
The position just makes no sense, if you ask me. Clutch is great... but if the average guy misses one additional big-game winner every three years, what are you doing taking away (for instance) the difference between a poor and good offensive lineman or linebacker, in order to (supposedly) cure that once-in-three-years problem, with a guy who might not be money anymore, in your particular environment?
Once again, good going Adam... here's hoping you've just saved your worst for last against the Pats. I would so love to see that!
But it's not like I wish the guy ill or anything...
PFnV
Adam's value in NE's scheme was a certain number of dollars... he did get more when he left, but big fat honkin' deal.
Two possibilities (despite his misses/makes in the past, and his admittedly stellar performance on Sunday):
1) Either "clutch" kicking is worth a surcharge in the range of a million + per year, and Adam is likely to continue to exemplify this ability, in and out of weather (the Pats' situation,)
or
2) It is not, or he is not likely to exemplify the trait.
The Pats believed (2), and I (predictably) agree.
We've got a young, strong leg in Gostkowski, and no proof that he chokes or does not choke under pressure. We will find out. In Vinatieri, in Gillette, we were already seeing a decline. Even in the big games, as noted, he was missing some "unclutch" kicks that set up the "clutch" ones.
You don't need to hate AV to think hey, no regrets. Good on ya, just don't do it to us.
Next week, God willing, I will have good reason to wish him ill... and in fact, there is something to the poetic justice of Gost effectively disproving the "oh no Vinatieri is gone" contingent.
The position just makes no sense, if you ask me. Clutch is great... but if the average guy misses one additional big-game winner every three years, what are you doing taking away (for instance) the difference between a poor and good offensive lineman or linebacker, in order to (supposedly) cure that once-in-three-years problem, with a guy who might not be money anymore, in your particular environment?
Once again, good going Adam... here's hoping you've just saved your worst for last against the Pats. I would so love to see that!
But it's not like I wish the guy ill or anything...
PFnV
