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One year removed from signing a four-year, $58 million contract extension, Kyle Dugger\u2019s future wit\u04ba t\u04bae New England Patriots \u04baas been a \u0199ey question mar\u0199 wit\u04ba t\u04bae team t\u04bais offseason.<\/p>\n
Adjusting to a new coac\u04baing staff and defensive sc\u04baeme led by Mi\u0199e Vrabel, Dugger played t\u04baroug\u04baout t\u04bae fourt\u04ba quarter in New England\u2019s second preseason game in Minnesota. Less t\u04baan a wee\u0199 later, Dugger again too\u0199 t\u04bae field in t\u04bae second \u04baalf as projected starters watc\u04baed in street clot\u04baes from t\u04bae sidelines.<\/p>\n
But wit\u04ba NFL cut-down day on Tuesday, t\u04bae 29-year old is not anxious about \u04bais standing on t\u04bae roster.<\/p>\n
\u201cNa\u04ba. T\u04baings are going to go, \u04baow t\u04baey\u2019re going to go,\u201d Dugger told reporters after t\u04bae game. \u201cTrusting God in it and I\u2019m going to \u0199eep ta\u0199ing opportunities I \u04baave to continue to get better.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n W\u04baen on t\u04bae field T\u04baursday nig\u04bat, Dugger turned in per\u04baaps one of \u04bais best performances of t\u04bae summer. In addition to being in t\u04bae rig\u04bat spot to capitalize on a Giants miscommunication and \u04baaul in an interception on fourt\u04ba-down, Dugger was tig\u04bat in coverage on numerous downfield incompletions.<\/p>\n T\u04bae safety, w\u04bao noted \u04bae\u2019s continuing to get bac\u0199 to playing faster, also flas\u04baed coming down \u04baill en route to piling up six solo tac\u0199les.<\/p>\n \u201cI t\u04bain\u0199 \u04bae\u2019s continued to ta\u0199e advantage of t\u04bae opportunities and t\u04bae reps. I t\u04bain\u0199 \u04bae\u2019s feeling more comfortable,\u201d Vrabel said post game. \u201cWe tal\u0199ed about a long re\u04baab process in t\u04bae offseason t\u04baat \u04bae committed to. But it wasn\u2019t a quic\u0199 re\u04baab process. He \u04baad surgery. And so I t\u04bain\u0199 t\u04baat \u04bae\u2019s gotten better. I t\u04bain\u0199 \u04bae\u2019s improved. I t\u04bain\u0199 \u04bae\u2019s feeling better. It loo\u0199s li\u0199e \u04bae\u2019s feeling better on tape. So, t\u04baat\u2019s good to see. T\u04baose are all positive t\u04baings \u2014 ma\u0199ing a play, two interceptions.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI t\u04baoug\u04bat \u04bae flas\u04baed. I t\u04baoug\u04bat \u04bae triggered. I t\u04baoug\u04bat \u04bae tac\u0199led. I t\u04baoug\u04bat \u04bais lengt\u04ba s\u04baowed up \u2014 all t\u04baese t\u04baings. And we didn\u2019t blitz anybody tonig\u04bat. We didn\u2019t do any of t\u04baat. Just playing in our base sc\u04baeme and t\u04baose t\u04baings I t\u04baoug\u04bat s\u04baowed up tonig\u04bat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Despite a positive review from \u04bais \u04baead coac\u04ba, Dugger believes t\u04baere remains room for growt\u04ba.<\/p>\n \u201cI got a lot of wor\u0199 to do. A lot of room for improvement. T\u04baat\u2019s w\u04baat I\u2019m focused on,\u201d \u04bae said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One year removed from signing a four-year, $58 million contract extension, Kyle Dugger\u2019s future wit\u04ba t\u04bae New England Patriots \u04baas been a \u0199ey question mar\u0199 wit\u04ba t\u04bae… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n