As Dan Campbell alluded to on Monday, the Detroit Lions have made a change at kicker. After holding workouts on Tuesday, the Lions have signed Riley Patterson off the New England Patriots’ practice squad, as first reported by KickerCentral and confirmed by Mike Reiss of ESPN.
Detroit opted to make a change after Ryan Santoso missed two critical kicks in Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers: an extra point and a game-winning overtime kick from 48 yards. Santoso was playing because starting kicker Austin Seibert was placed on injured reserve on Saturday with a hip injury.