Stephen Gostkowski

Stephen Gostkowski is one of the league’s highest-paid kickers and coming off the worst season of his career.

The Patriots can save $3.9 million in cap space by cutting Gostkowski, opting for someone much younger than a 36-year-old kicker coming off season-ending hip surgery. Bill Belichick has moved on from more important players for less money.

If Tom Brady can leave this offseason, then cutting Gostkowski isn’t far-fetched, even if he has three Super Bowl rings and has been one of the more reliable kickers in the NFL for a better part of a decade.

With Gostkowksi being a potential cap casualty, the Jets shouldn’t bite. He missed four extra points in four games before a hip injury landed him on the shelf for the remainder of the season.