Patriots Kicker Ready for Season to Start

The Sun Chronicle is running an article today on Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski.  Gostkowski is following in the footsteps of perhaps the most famous kicker in football history, Adam Vinatieri, who has kicked more game-winning field goals than any other kicker before him.  It’s not very often that there is talk of a kicker actually having big shoes to fill, or having to play in the shadow of the kicker who came before him, but that is exactly what Gostkowski heard going into last season.  Those are some pretty big shoes to fill for any kicker, much less a rookie heading into his first year in the NFL.

Gostkowski had a very good year for the Patriots, stepping in and scoring 103 points (mark it, fantasy football freaks).  He may not yet have fully taken the place of the beloved Adam Vinatieri, but Gostkowski has certainly formed his own path, and is a talented kicker in his own right.  While Patriots fans may lament the kicker that got away, the fact of the matter is that their extra points and field goals are certainly in good hands - or, in this case, feet.

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