FOXBORO, Mass. — Chad Ryland had each proper to enter his first full offseason with doubt about his skill to kick within the NFL, however that isn’t who he’s.
“I’m no coward to a problem,” Ryland stated Wednesday following an OTA observe wherein he closed issues out by making 4-of-5 makes an attempt.
The Patriots invested pretty closely into the 24-year-old, tabbing him to switch the ever-reliable Nick People by taking him within the fourth spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft. It went poorly, as he linked on simply 64% of his area aim makes an attempt in an up-and-down marketing campaign.
It wasn’t sufficient for New England to doubt his skill to return by means of sooner or later, although.
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“His mentality is that it’s a new 12 months,” Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo stated Wednesday. “We all the time speak about altering the web page, we all the time talked about that the previous ten years or no matter, altering the web page. I feel he has performed job of that. We’ve new coaches as effectively, and so they’re working with him, not solely on his method, however constructing that confidence and that begins proper now.”
The Patriots introduced in veteran Joey Slye to compete, however early this spring and summer time it’s been all about Ryland’s improvement. Jeremy Springer, that particular groups coordinator Mayo was speaking about, is working with the teenager on mechanical changes which have already began to supply outcomes.
“That’s taking it day-by-day,” Springer stated. “Day by day we’re a brand new factor like, all proper is there one thing we will tweak right here? If there’s nothing, there’s nothing, perhaps it’s extra about speaking him by means of his method and simply going from psychological to bodily and issues like that.”
“I’m definitely wanting ahead to it,” Ryland echoed. “I’m no coward to a problem and definitely need to proceed to develop in my craft, and can hopefully develop every year and take every offseason shifting ahead by means of what number of years I’m blessed to play as severe as I did this offseason.”
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The Patriots see the work Ryland’s placing in, and now hope it should result in on-field success.
“The child has all the time been the toughest employee I’ve most likely ever met.” Patriots punter Bryce Baringer stated of Ryland. “He cares a lot. It’s a brand new 12 months now and we’re engaged on the targets for this season. We’re placing that chapter within the again and we’re all the time gonna look out the windshield, not the rearview.”
