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Detroit Lions promote Tom Kennedy from practice squad; Darius Slay still very limited

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Debating the showdown of unbeatens between the Lions and Chiefs, and the challenge of facing Patrick Mahomes-led offense. Filmed Sept. 25, 2019. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Lions promoted wide receiver Tom Kennedy from the practice squad Friday in a move that coach Matt Patricia said had more to do with Kennedy's special-teams ability than him being insurance for Danny Amendola.

"I think he’s really earned the opportunity, and I think for us we’re always just going to try to put everybody out there that we think will help us give us an opportunity to win the game, so certainly all that ties into it," Patricia said.