The New England Patriots’ kicker competition remains tight, and special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer has stressed that draft status will have no impact on the final decision.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re drafted or undrafted or if we picked you up in free agency,” Springer said, as transcribed by Tom Carroll of WEEI Monday. “If you earn a role through consistency, showing up every day, that’s the guy that’s gonna win the job.”
That approach puts rookie Andres Borregales and veteran Parker Romo on equal footing despite their different paths to New England.
Borregales entered camp as a sixth-round pick and the first kicker selected in April’s draft.