Folk's accuracy should command bigger money and Folk should be asking for a minimum $3.5 million dollars a season. The Patriots have Justin Rohrwasser and Roberto Aguayo still around the organization.
Aguayo finished his college career with an 88.5% accuracy on field goals, after watching his accuracy fall by almost 10% in his final year. In his rookie year he hit 71% for the Buccaneers back in 2016.
The Patriots also have former 5th round pick Justin Rohrwasser, who they selected over more accurate kickers like Jonathan Song. Rohrwasser finished his college career with a 78.6% field goal percentage.
If the Patriots let Folk hit free agency, they could end up over paying or seeing him walk. Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, and the Philadelphia Eagles could all be in the market for Folk's services.
The Patriots could hope that Aguayo bounces back to his form but the guy hasn't held a kicking spot since 2016. He's been riding the pine. The other hope is that Rohrwasser suddenly becomes an accurate kicker. Which is doubtful.
The best thing for the Patriots is to either re-sign Folk before free agency starts, or draft a kicker in the Draft. The only other free agent kicker worth signing at the moment is Jonathan Song, and seeing teams didn't sign him, it's a safe bet that his lack of a team is due to his agent not being liked.
It's a very strong possiblity that Belichick doesn't wanna pay Folk after his strong 2020 season. Time is ticking and we should have some idea of what's going on with Folk within the next seven to ten days.
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