Allen Park — Hours after Detroit Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp gave an emphatic “no” to a question about whether he wanted the team to explore adding another kicker, the Detroit Lions have added another kicker.
And it’s former Lion Riley Patterson, who was waived heading into the 2022 regular season after appearing in seven games during 2021. Patterson was 30-for-35 on field goals last year and 36 of 37 on extra points while appearing in 17 games for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Patterson was reportedly waived by the Jaguars after they signed free-agent kicker Brandon McManus, most recently with Denver, but as it turned out, the Lions were apparently motivated enough to cough up an undisclosed draft pick to keep him off the open market.