Free agent kicker Stephen Gostkowski is working towards a new deal with the Patriots after receiving interest from other teams, according to Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston.
Gostkowski, 35, was selected by New England in the fourth round of the 2006 draft and has been the club’s kicker for 13 seasons. Last year, Gostkowski made 27 of his 32 field goal attempts, good for an 84.4% conversion rate that ranked 20th in the NFL. He missed only a single extra point, and the Patriots ranked 17th in Football Outsiders‘ field goal/extra point metric.
As Curran notes, this is Gostkowski’s first trip through unrestricted free agency. The Patriots used the franchise tag on Gostkowski in 2015 but subsequently inked him to a four-year, $17.2MM extension. That $4.3MM annual value would still rank second among kickers, but Gostkowski may be looking for a pay increase. New England declined to franchise Gostkowski this season, as the tender would have cost $4.971MM.
just to sideswipe the patriots you’d think a divisional gm would drive-up the price and offer more for their players
The problem with that is they’d just let him walk and the other team would be stuck with him at that price. The Patriots have shown 100,000,000x that they have ZERO problem walking away.
like a game of jenga you take the wrong piece everything topples
I’m disappointed the Bears aren’t in on him.
Good kickers and Chicago don’t mix.
They don’t have enough cap space.
Bill is the last person that would put up with a so so kicker. No suprise here
I read it as Gronkie gonna kick.
Ranked 17th best but is paid as 2nd best and wants a raise… NEXT!
Yeah that does sound strange but also the fact that he is seeking a raise from $4.3MM yet the Pats wouldn’t give him the franchise tag at $4.9MM. So is it worth all this negotiating just to get to $4.6MM?
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