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.

“I think just the entire body of work, we felt like Andy was going to be our kicker,” the Patriots’ head coach explained during a press conference on Wednesday.

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