Patriots Reportedly Work Out Two Kickers Ahead of Bucks Game With Nick Folk Limited

October 1, 2021

The New England Patriots have reportedly worked out two kickers ahead of the Bucks game was Nick Folk is limited. The Patriots are going into week 4 of the season with a 1-2 record. They were not very impressive in their game last week against the New Orlean Saints. The offense struggled to do much of anything against a stingy defense. And the defense was not as impressive as they were in the first 2 weeks.

But the Patriots might need help in an unexpected position.

Veteran kicker Nick Folk has a left knee injury that has limited his practice time this week. The back up, rookie Quinn Nordin, is also injured and won’t be eligible until next week.

They reportedly tested Brett Maher and Riley Patterson and long snappers Turner Bernard and Ryan Langan.

Patriots Reportedly Work Out Two Kickers Ahead of Bucks Game With Nick Folk Limited

It will be interesting to see what happens in this situation.

Head coach Bill Belichick recently talked about the Patriots match up with the Buccs and QB Tom Brady.

“He’s as tough as any quarterback there is or ever has been. Enough said,” Belichick said. “His numbers are incredible. He’s about to pass the all-time passing record, he’s done more than any other player at that position, in whatever measurement you want to take, whether it’s yards, completions, touchdowns, championships, you name it. So put anything out there you want, it can’t get any tougher than him.”

“Totally, 100%. It’s the offense he’s run his whole career. Well, as it evolved here,” Belichick said. “The running game is the running game, the running game’s different. But the passing game’s the passing game. It’s pretty similar. I mean, you could call in almost every play — from the flair control to the protection — similar to the way we do it.”

“Nothing Tom does surprises me, he’s a great player. Works hard, takes care of himself,” Belichick added. “He’s talked about playing till 50, if anybody can do it, he probably can.”

What do you think about this? Could they end up signing two kickers?