Patriots assinam com o veterano kicker Mike Nugent

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TheNew England Patriotslanded on theirStephen Gostkowskireplacement.

NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo and NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that the Pats are expected to sign veteran kickerMike Nugent, per sources informed of the plans. They will also sign formerChargerskicker Younghoe Koo on Friday to join the practice squad, Rapoport added. The team later confirmed the signing Thursday.

New England placed Gostkowski on injured reserve Wednesday with a hip injury.

The 37-year-old Nugent enters his 15th NFL season, playing for a host of teams including theNew York Jets,Tampa Bay Buccaneers,Arizona Cardinals,Cincinnati Bengals,Dallas Cowboys,Chicago BearsandOakland Raiders. He played three games for theRaidersin 2018, hitting on all six of his field-goal attempts, with a long of 52, and four of five PATs before landing on IR with a hip injury.

Nugent has a career 81.4 percent conversion rate on field-goal tries and has made 96.3 percent of his extra points.

Nugent’s best years came with theBengalsfrom 2010-2016. The kicker’s teams have gone 0-5 in playoff games, a goose egg the veteran hopes to change with the perennial January victors from New England.

The Pats chose Nugent after conducting extensive tryouts that included Koo,Kai Forbathand Josh Gable, a former soccer player who spent 2017 minicamp with New England.

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