The New England Patriots’ game against the Arizona Cardinals will be a reunion between Joey Slye and Chad Ryland. The two kickers will compete against each other for the first time since training camp, when both were with the Patriots and looking to win a job that ultimately went to Slye.
At the time, Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo called the decision a “very easy” one to make based purely on the numbers posted by the two kickers.
“Chad competed, Slye competed. I think it was clear, at least to me, that Slye had a better camp,” Mayo explained after Ryland was released in late August.