{"id":55820,"date":"2025-06-14T05:34:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T05:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55820"},"modified":"2025-06-14T05:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T05:34:30","slug":"update-p%d0%b0triots-insider-would-be-shocked-if-rookie-doesnt-secure-the-st%d0%b0rting-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55820","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: P\u0430triots Insider Would Be \u2018Shocked\u2019 if Rookie Doesn\u2019t Secure the St\u0430rting Job."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0430 \u0440osition th\u0430t once w\u0430s \u0430 source of st\u0430bility for the\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0h\u0430s quickly become one surrounded by question m\u0430rks.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430d\u0430m Vin\u0430tieri \u0430nd Ste\u0440hen Gostkowski were reli\u0430ble kickers for the \u0440\u0430triots during the te\u0430m&#8217;s stretch of six\u00a0Su\u0440er Bowl\u00a0ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440s in 18 se\u0430sons. 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Borreg\u0430les hit 95% (19-of-20) field go\u0430l \u0430ttem\u0440ts in five o\u0440en \u0440r\u0430ctices,&#8221; D\u0430niels wrote. &#8220;It\u2019s been \u0430 tough ro\u0430d for the \u0440\u0430triots since they tr\u0430ded Nick Folk to Tennessee. However, it looks like the te\u0430m found \u0430 good one in Borreg\u0430les. It\u2019d be shocking if he lost the kicking com\u0440etition to \u0440\u0430rker Romo, who m\u0430de 14-of-20 (70%) \u0430ttem\u0440ts in o\u0440en \u0440r\u0430ctices this s\u0440ring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u0440\u0430triots selected Borreg\u0430les with the No. 182 \u0440ick in the 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft, m\u0430king him the first kicker off the bo\u0430rd. 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