Pats worried about Gostkowski?

needs to "kick his way out of it."

Brilliant advice...

Address it in the offseason. Anyone you bring in now won't be an upgrade anyway. Hopefully the offense continues its high powered ways and FG's don't matter.

As long as he's accurate in the playoffs, who cares? Plenty of time to get over it. He's been one of the best kickers in the league since he joined the team.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 08:09 AM ET  10.02 by TxHeat

Address it in the offseason. Anyone you bring in now won't be an upgrade anyway. Hopefully the offense continues its high powered ways and FG's don't matter.

precisely! ^^^^^^^^^

I say he gets a lot more leash

Where's Vineteri when you been him.....

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 08:41 AM ET  10.02 by Sgt. Schultz

Where's Vineteri when you been him.....

**need him**....sorry peeps...smartphone....auto spell check thing is a killer...

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 08:41 AM ET  10.02 by Sgt. Schultz

Where's Vineteri when you been him.....

Gostkowski has been a better kicker than Vineteri over the last few years.

QUOTE(#9):

Originally posted 08:46 AM ET  10.02 by Debbie Does

Gostkowski has been a better kicker than Vineteri over the last few years.

Not arguing ..just commenting....as comment 3 states...shouldn't be an issue...

Wonder what Belichick would have done if he missed 3 in one game like Billy Bumb Cundiff.

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 08:50 AM ET  10.02 by Robataille

Wonder what Belichick would have done if he missed 3 in one game like Billy Bumb Cundiff.

Let him win it with the fourth one?

Gostkowski missed his first two attempts last Sunday. BB gave him a third chance at the end, when the score was already 49-21. He made it. I think that's what he needed.

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 08:50 AM ET  10.02 by Robataille

Wonder what Belichick would have done if he missed 3 in one game like Billy Bumb Cundiff.

Belichick would be wise enough not to sign Cundiff.

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 09:07 AM ET  10.02 by Otis B. Driftwood

Belichick would be wise enough not to sign Cundiff.

LOL!!!

I think Gost is in the top 10 all time percentage wise in kicks made.

Belichick needs to ride it out with Gostkowski. It hardly matters now if you're blowing teams out. Meantime, G. can get his mojo back. Cundiff isn't the answer and who else is out there?

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 09:07 AM ET  10.02 by Otis B. Driftwood

Belichick would be wise enough not to sign Cundiff.

He did make a great play for us last season...l

Got to worry when he starts missing, after so many games where he was money in the bank.
But not time to replace him; he needs to miss a few more in pressure situations before he is replaced. That's unlikely to happen this year.
How much is anyone willing to bet against Belichick bringing in some kickers next spring to give them a look, and put some competition into the kicking situation?

Kickers are a strange breed. Look at Mike Vanderjagt, most accurate kicker ever in the NFL, missed one for the Colts in the playoffs and became awful.

Then the Cowboys signed him to fix their kicking problems. And he didn't.

At the other end of the spectrum you have Jason Hanson for the Lions. 20-plus years in the NFL, and I bet if you polled all 32 coaches for 5 names for kickers you would want lining up to kick the game winner in the Super Bowl, Jason makes every list.

QUOTE(#19):

Originally posted 11:14 AM ET  10.02 by AustinLion

At the other end of the spectrum you have Jason Hanson for the Lions

And David Akers.