So you were good with Gostkowski last year? They stuck with him.
Do I think he kicked well enough to keep his job this year, no.
Do I think his first game back was poor, yep. And to help prove my point, he went 3/4 xp the next week and perfect from there on out in XP. His FG were iffy, but he was 8/8 after his first game misses in the next 2 weeks.
He was also 7/8 from 50+, his inconsistencies from under that are likely what cost him his job.
So for comparison, I absolutely think Badgley should have gotten another couple weeks at least. Same with santos 2 years ago, although that loss to Buffalo was a painful one. Then I thought Parkey could have stayed and played through his misses.
I also think we should have kept Joseph from a couple years ago meaning Gostkowski wouldn’t have been here at all last year (unless of course Joseph started missing).
I was glad to move on from Succup, didn’t see him bouncing back, dead wrong, he’s doing fine.
I was ok moving on from Gostkowski after a season full of inconsistencies with FG inside 50.
Santoso was a waste and never kicked any FG or XP. Not sure why he was on the team really, but does add another piece that Vrabel, JRob, or whoever is picking kickers is a little out of their league.