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Recent Patriots draft bust earns Special Teams Player of the Month honors with new team

Last season, the New England Patriots selected kicker Chad Ryland in the fourth round out of Maryland and gave him the starting job out of camp.

However, as a rookie, Ryland was statically the worst kicker in the NFL, making just 64% of his field goals and 96% of his extra points which led to the Patriots bringing in Joey Slye as competition and eventually Ryland's release.

The second-year kicker signed with the Arizona Cardinals last month and was promoted from the practice squad due to Matt Prater's injury.

Since then, Ryland's been really good for his new team, making eight of his nine field goals (88.