Why do we bring in competition for every position except kicker?

Brought in two punters last summer, we ended up sticking with Allen and released Anderson from Rutgers and Bojorquez from New Mexico. Bill hasn't brought in another kicker in quite some time. I know there have been people saying at least since 2015 that we need to try someone else out, if nothing more than to light a fire under Gostkowski, but the fear would be the added pressure might tank him. I think the reason people keep asking why we don't at least look at someone else is the fact that Gostkowski has one memorable miss from the last game of every season since at least 2015. His extra point miss in 2015 was the reason we needed to go for two at the end of the AFC Championship. 2016 he missed an extra point in the Super Bowl. 2017 he missed a field goal and an extra point. And this last Super Bowl he missed a field goal. Also the fact that Tom had to actually convince Bill to kick the last field goal instead of going for it on 4th down makes you think Bill was afraid Gostkowski would miss the last field goal that put them up 10.

/r/Patriots Thread Parent