Facing a 4th-and-7 with a three-point lead in hand and less than two minutes left on the clock, Mike Vrabel had a decision to make. Would he put his trust in Andy Borregales to make a long field goal, or would he not?

For Vrabel, that decision wasn’t much of one at all. He sent Borregales onto the field without any hesitation, and the New England Patriots’ rookie kicker delivered: despite having missed two kicks earlier in the game, he split the uprights from 53 yards out to give his team a 33-27 lead over the Miami Dolphins.

“You’ve got to have a lot of confidence in him and I do have a lot of confidence. It didn’t waver,” said Vrabel after the Patriots’ win.

After going 3-for-4 in his NFL debut the previous Sunday, seventh-round draft pick Borregales had a rough start to his second ga

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