A lot of you guys are just looking for some “Kickbates”…If signed by the Lions, Ford Field may be renamed the Bates Motel, where teams go to die violently…
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Yeah, we need this guy…
Adds to our story.
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Will be a nice PR and media talking piece as well. National.
“Bates from 70 yards…”
…& that’s why he hires superhumans instead of ‘kickers’
…have you seen our “punter”? looks noting like a punter.
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While true, kicker may be different
100% brother!
LOL - yup
What do you propose, man? I’m not in that creative space, right now.
My Man!!!
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Now, that’s impressive. 70 yards. Damn.
How about something nice and respectful like, “Mr. Bates”.
If he stays in Detroit he can play in both leagues, year round money. I think getting both teams to, well, kick in, wouldn’t be that hard.
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Kicking in Tennessee in May is not like kicking in Chicago in December.I don’t think it will show anything.
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I was thinking “Kick Master” Bates?
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Winner, winner chicken dinner
Or we could riff off the CNN host and name him “Jake Fapper”.
Well kickalicious is taken…
What a waste of a perfectly good nickname that was
I still think we kept the wrong kicker that year and should have given him a real shot.
So far, for each of his kicks, this is the view he gets…
No people constantly in motion, no signs, no flapping banners, no boobies - no nothing. So, question is, would it cause him issues if he had to kick in a typical NFL environment? My guess is Bates wouldn’t really give a shit.
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The Lions have a ton of unused cap space and will be getting even more when Sutton falls off. They should not be shy about spending money on a guy who can routinely make 60+ yarders in Ford Field. It could be the difference between a win and a loss and personally, I’m kind of tired of the “we’ll just take whatever crap is left and let them fight for it” mantra at kicker. He’s looking like a guy who can be a difference maker at K. We can’t just keep doing Badgley + Patterson + whatever UDFA they bring in.
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Valid point. Kicking in front of 17 people is very different than 70 thousand people.
#crowdnoisewinschampionships 
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