The 49ers are showing interest in kicker Stephen Gostkowski, according to a source who spoke with Matt Maiocco of NBCSportsBayArea.com. It’s a curious development since the club recently placed the franchise tag on kicker Robbie Gould. 
Gould is the league’s No. 2 all-time kicker in accuracy, but Gostkowski is not far behind at No. 3. For his career, Gould has sank 87.745% of his tries. Gostkowski, a multiple-time Super Bowl champion, has nailed 87.381% of his attempts.
The Niners tagged Gould with a one-year, $4.971MM tag in March, but he not yet signed the deal. Instead, Gould says he wants to explore unrestricted free agency and potentially reunite with the Bears. For what it’s worth, GM John Lynch recently said that an extension with Gould is still possible.
“That’s not dead, either,” Lynch said. “I think the franchise gives you some flexibility in that the player is a part of you, but we’re still trying to figure it out and (will) probably take another go at trying to figure this out. It takes everyone wanting to do that. We’ll see if that’s a reality or not.”
I actually saw this coming. Gould wants to go to the Bears and the Pats play hard ball with their free agents so I did see this happening and wouldn’t be shocked at all if the 9ers sign this guy and move on from Gould.
This is great news, just hoping one of the two end up in Chicago.
Trade Gould to Bears for a 6th rounder, sign Gostowski. Everybody wins. After that debacle last year they may be able to draw a 5th rounder out of Chicago.
Not bad, but then what do the Pats do?
Matt Bryant or Matt Gay/Cole Tracy in the draft
The Pats re-sign Gostkowski to a 2 year contract and end these rumors and speculation.
Browns and bears really need kickers from how many games they lost because of there kickers
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