with kicker Jake Bates agent.
2- 64 yard field goals in a row. Unreal.
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oh, and those were his first kicks since high school.
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Ford field legend
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I wonder how much of the FO and coaching staff were watching the game? I cant imagine there isnt someone there scouting.
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We should be pretty appealing to FA kickers, since ours suck.
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I’d assume the Lions aren’t the only team already placing a call to his agent.
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He wants to keep kicking at the stadium where he makes consecutive 64 yarders.
If he keeps that up, it’ll be a much different patch on his jersey that he’ll be wearing later this year.
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Crazy!
That kid is going to get an NFL contract with a leg like that.
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and it just so happens he plays in the Lions house. He isn’t going to be in the UFL for long.
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Nope …. It would be a shame if Brad didn’t give that kid a contract.
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And they said one of the reasons they merged was to kind of try and turn it into a farm system for the NFL. Well, congrats, there’s your first call up.
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Would have been the 3rd longest FG in NFL history.
I don’t think so. Dan enjoys the caffeine fueled rush of going for it on 4th down too much to allow the team to do this. Sucky Kickers are a plausible excuse for doing what he loves. 
Big D has learned from his mistakes.
A good kicker can change a whole season.
We need a kicker.
Kenny Rodgers said it best. "You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em.
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It was a great game and the atmosphere was awesome. I was thinking the same thing about the kicker. Guy was nailing them consistently before the game and during 1/2 time warm ups as well.
The wife and I are stopped at Bagger Dave’s in Birchrun and I jumped on here to talk about that kicker lol.
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Devils Advocate. As an opposing coach, how much more afraid are you that he can pull out a 4th and 7 on your ass OR drop one from 60 yards.
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Isn’t there a rule where a guy has to enter the draft before signing with a team? Or is there a loophole for guys from other leagues like the rugby players coming over?
He could be on the Lions tomorrow.
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