After seven (!) very solid years from Matt Prater, the Detroit Lions will need a new kicker this season. Gone too is return man Jamal Agnew and his four special teams touchdowns over the past four years. Jack Fox and Don Muhlbach, of course, are back with the team, but that is a lot of turnover for one offseason.
Special teams can often be overlooked, and usually the spotlight only comes on when things go wrong. Unfortunately, bringing newer players onto the special teams unit elevates the potential risk of those bad things happening. For a team that will likely struggle in the other two phases, the last thing Detroit needs is to struggle in an area where it has found recent success.