The competition for the place kicker job was one of the tightest on the New England Patriots’ roster this summer. Rookie challenger Andy Borregales and veteran Parker Romo went head-to-head for most of training camp and preseason, with seemingly neither of them setting himself apart from the other.
Ultimately, a decision had to be made. It fell on Borregales, who found out he had won the job via social media; he received word that Romo had been waived, suggesting that he had come away victoriously.
There was a fairly straight-forward reason for that, according to Mike Vrabel.