Gostkowski named AFC ST Player of the Week

[ctpatsfan77]

Maybe we should call him GOATkowski or GostGOATski.

Stephen Gostkowski named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week

BTW, as per @SammyBlueCat, Ghost owes Lewis some catnip.

 

[lancerman]

Space Ghost is the better nickname. And yeah when you are a kicker and you have a 62, 50 and 40 yard field goals (one of which was a big deal in pushing the lead) you deserve it. He got over whatever was hampering him last year.

 

[long distance]

Well deserved. One of the pillars of BBs situational chess play..

 

[oldrover]

Boom!!!

Imagine how far he'd have kicked it if he'd had some competition in training camp.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

As Romo said, too bad the ball wasn't a few yards farther back. The kick would have been good from 65+ yards and he'd have set a record for the ages...or until the next time a K with a big leg plays in Mexico City.

And, from things I've read in the past, he does not like being called "Ghost."

 

[TinhWoodhead]

whenever he struggles, he should just think he’s in mexico

 

[brdmaverick]

Ya, that would have been so cool if he set the record with that kick.

 

[VegasGuy]

Ya, that would have been so cool if he set the record with that kick.

He plays for the Pats.
They would've put an asterisk next to it because of the altitude

 

[Pats1989]

Patriots are down 2 and Ghost is going for a 45 yard SB winning kick with ten seconds left. Do you have faith in him?

 

[Charlotte Pats Fan]

Patriots are down 2 and Ghost is going for a 45 yard SB winning kick with ten seconds left. Do you have faith in him?

Ah, what other option do we have?

 

[Pats1989]

Ah, what other option do we have?

He's going to try the fg regardless. I'm just curious if others would feel as confident compared to if it was # 4.

 

[Charlotte Pats Fan]

He's going to try the fg regardless. I'm just curious if others would feel as confident compared to if it was # 4.

Yes

 

[rochrist]

He's going to try the fg regardless. I'm just curious if others would feel as confident compared to if it was # 4.

Yep.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

He's going to try the fg regardless. I'm just curious if others would feel as confident compared to if it was # 4.

yes......

 

[Biffins]

Patriots are down 2 and Ghost is going for a 45 yard SB winning kick with ten seconds left. Do you have faith in him?

If it's not 4th down, and there are 10 seconds, and we have a timeout, I'd like to try and let TB12 get us closer first up the middle to Gronk or Edelman/Amendola. Even without timeout, I'd like to try a sideline route to Cooks/Hogan/Mitchell to get us closer.

 

[luuked]

Patriots are down 2 and Ghost is going for a 45 yard SB winning kick with ten seconds left. Do you have faith in him?

Yes.

He's going to try the fg regardless. I'm just curious if others would feel as confident compared to if it was # 4.

God can we stop with this Vinateri circlejerk and remember that he also missed some important kicks but got bailed out because the end result still worked out. He was a great kicker but lets not pretend like he was on a different level than Ghost.

 

[Bruins29]

Yes.



God can we stop with this Vinateri circlejerk and remember that he also missed some important kicks but got bailed out because the end result still worked out. He was a great kicker but lets not pretend like he was on a different level than Ghost.

The AV lovers on here are never going to admit Ghost is a better kicker. They just cant do it. Its actually kinda pathetic.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

The AV lovers on here are never going to admit Ghost is a better kicker. They just cant do it. Its actually kinda pathetic.

That said, the difference isn't spacious.

 

[luuked]

The AV lovers on here are never going to admit Ghost is a better kicker. They just cant do it. Its actually kinda pathetic.

I dont think there is a significant difference between what both are capable of. Both had a couple of bad days as well as amazingly clutch days. It is a wash for me..

 

[ewg_gestalt]

That said, the difference isn't spacious.

Right now, it's massive, since Vinatieri hasn't handled a kickoff in nearly a decade.