The New England Patriots may enjoy success, but they don’t always take the time to soak it and enjoy it. Now that Stephen Gostkowski is no longer a Patriot, he’s taking a moment to truly reflect upon all that he’s accomplished with the team — even if he’s on to 2020 when he hopes to sign with a new team.
“We’ve been so successful as a team, there’s nothing for me to complain about,” Gostkowski said on the Patriots Talk podcast, as transcribed by WEEI. “… We have had it really good and finally being done with the Patriots it’s fun to actually look back at it and be able to talk about it in a positive way. Because when you’re in it and in the mode, you can never like, sit back and pat yourself on the back or talk about how good it was because you’d win, get drunk at the parade and after that you’re like, ‘OK, can’t talk about it anymore.’
“It’s fun to look back and everything I look back at is all positive memories.”
The Patriots drafted Gostkowski in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft to replace Adam Vinatieri, one of the greatest kickers of all time. During 14 regular seasons in New England, Gostkowski hit 374 of 428 attempts (87.4%) on field goals and 98.3% on extra points. During the postseason, he was 88 of 92 on extra point attempts (95.7%) and he was 39 of 44 on field goal attempts (88.6%) on the way to three Super Bowl wins.
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