Tom Brady Addresses Stephen Gostkowski’s Struggles, ‘He’s Working Through Some Things…’

Stephen Gostkowski had a rough start of the regular season. He hit 7 of 8 field goals, but only 11 of 14 extra points in 2019. One of the missed extra points happened in the Patriots’ game against the Buffalo Bills.

The Patriots nation is amazed by Gostkowski’s kicking power, but quarterback Tom Brady has something else to say.

In his weekly interview with Jim Gray on Westwood One, Brady talked about this problem.

“Stephen Gostkowski’s an All-Pro in this league. I always count on him to deliver,” the quarterback told Gray. “I mean, it doesn’t always go our way. You know, he’s working through some things, we’re working through some things on offense but I’d say our kicking game in general — the punt team, the kickoff team, punt-return team, all those phases — we got a punt blocked for a touchdown yesterday, so those phases are real positives for us.”

It was more than obvious that the offense struggled, but the defense was here to save the day. TB12 was well aware of this, and he talked on the topic during his post-game press conference.

“I think we’re all just trying to improve,” Brady said. “We did the best we can do and today was, you know, we can do better than that. So, try to do better next week, figure out all the things that they did well. They did a lot of things well, and I’m glad we won. Glad we’re 4-0.

“You know, I don’t think field position to me, doesn’t matter that much,” he added. “Wherever we start, we start. We still have to move the ball for points. So, we just didn’t do a very good job, I would say, of consistently doing the right thing against a really good defense, that certainly plays well at home, but it’s good to win. Whether we win 45-40, or 45-3 or whatever it was, say 16-10, they all count the same. We just have to figure out how to do a better job on offense. Defense, I know they’re going to play great. They’re playing great all season long, and try to score more points than we did today.”