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• Browns: Longtime special teamer finds a new home in free agency

Mitchell Layton-Imagn Images Charley Hughlett, who spent 10 years as Cleveland’s long snapper, signs with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cleveland Browns spent a decade with one less worry about the special teams unit with Charley Hughlett serving as the long snapper. That changed in late February with the news that the Browns were terminating Hughlett’s contract, making the longtime veteran...2025
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• Ex-Jets Progress Report: Part V (Special Teams)

Kara Durrette/Getty Images Now that the season is over, it’s time to update you on former New York Jets players and how they are faring with their current teams. Having looked at offensive and defensive players over the past week or so, we’ll be moving on to look at special teamers today. As ever, this list is intended to be exhaustive, but if we missed anyone, let us know in the comments....2025
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• Brownies & Frownies: Free-Agency Edition – Top hits and misses for the Browns

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images GM Andrew Berry has had equal portions of success and failure The Cleveland Browns hired Andrew Berry as their General Manager on January 27, 2020. He had been with Cleveland from 2016-2018 as the vice president of player personnel before moving on to the Philadelphia Eagles as their vice president of football operations. The Browns cal...2025
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• Free agent profile: Do Lions give Michael Badgley chance at redemption?

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK After missing the entire 2024 season, and losing his job to Jake Bates, could the Lions give Badgley a chance to get his job back in 2025? Our 2025 Detroit Lions free agency preview has arrived at the special teams side of things. After missing the entire 2024 season due to a torn hamstring, kicker Michael Badgley sat on the IR and watched incoming rookie Jake...2025
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• NFL free agent rankings: Kickers

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Take a look at the free agents at the safety position. Kickers always seem to make a big difference in a game, but they aren’t usually highly valued on the free agency market. There are a couple notable placekickers hitting the market this year, including one of the most automatic of recent years. We polled a group of writers from around SB Nation to gather con...2025
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• Giants-Falcons highlights: One last look back at Giants’ 10th straight loss

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images We scroll Nick Falato’s social media timeline The New York Giants are now in SOLE possession of the number one selection in the 2025 NFL Draft. They are the only two-win team in the league after Antonio Pierce and the Raiders defeated Jacksonville 19-14. Oh yeah, and the Giants lost 34-7 in Atlanta — no surprise! New York set a franchise record with their...2024
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• Ex-Jets Progress Report: Part V (Special Teams)
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• Free agent profile: Do Lions give Michael Badgley chance at redemption?
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• Giants-Falcons highlights: One last look back at Giants’ 10th straight loss
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• Giants news, 12/19: Drew Lock named starter, Brian Daboll, Malik Nabers, more headlines

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants news for Thursday Good morning, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View 2024 New York Giants autopsy: Optimism to misery, and how we got it wrong ‘Shedeur is gonna be the No. 1 pick’ Mock draft: Could the Giants pass on a top quarterback? Survey: Will the Giants get the first pick in the draft? The New York Giants know who their starting QB w...2024
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• Browns without TE Njoku, also switching kickers
The Browns will be without tight end David Njoku because of a hamstring injury and are making a change at kicker, turning to Riley Patterson over Dustin Hopkins....2024
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• Browns roster: Activate 2, elevate 2 including clarity at kicker for both teams in Week 15

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Mike Hall is back, Myles Harden to debut while Dustin Hopkins likely replaced by Riley Patterson While we are likely to have to wait until 90 minutes until kickoff between the Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs to find out about TE David Njoku’s status, Saturday provided some clarity for the Browns and Chiefs rosters. While QB Patrick Mahomes and DE ...2024
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• Browns options as kicker Dustin Hopkins struggles

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Dustin Hopkins success last year with the Browns has not followed him in 2024 One thing that appeared to be solved going into this season was special teams. The Cleveland Browns hired one of the best ST coaches in the league, Bubba Ventrone. Their long snapper Charley Hughlett was one of the best. Punter Corey Bojorquez had a sensational season in 2023 and...2024
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"Even though Detroit brought in Bates and Turner to compete for the job, they liked Badgley enough to give him a chance to be the starter after losing the job earlier in 2023 to Riley Patterson—but then winning back the job midseason."

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"Another potential option would be Riley Patterson, who was recently waived by the Detroit Lions in favor of Michael Badgley, went unclaimed, and signed to the practice squad of the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns."

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"On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions announced they are activating third-round rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker from the non-football injury list and waiving kicker Riley Patterson in a corresponding move."

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"Kicker Riley Patterson is officially back with the Lions for the 2022 season."

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"The team announced that they have waived kicker Riley Patterson and wide receiver Blake Proehl."

• Browns: Longtime special teamer finds a new home in free agency
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• Ex-Jets Progress Report: Part V (Special Teams)
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• Brownies & Frownies: Free-Agency Edition – Top hits and misses for the Browns
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• Free agent profile: Do Lions give Michael Badgley chance at redemption?
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• NFL free agent rankings: Kickers
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• Giants news, 12/19: Drew Lock named starter, Brian Daboll, Malik Nabers, more headlines
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• Browns options as kicker Dustin Hopkins struggles
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• Jets Make Move for Kicker, Offensive Line Getting Healthy

Still without a real answer at kicker, the Jets added free agent Anders Carlson to the practice squad after releasing Riley Patterson. Carlson has previously kicked for the Packers and 49ers, going 5-5 with San Francisco this season, including 2-2 from 40-49 yards and 2-2 from 50-plus. The Jets are also getting healthier on the […] The post Jets Make Move for Kicker, Offensive Line Getting H...2024
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• Scouting Jets kicker Riley Patterson

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Taking a look at the new Jets kicker The New York Jets recently signed kicker Riley Patterson to their practice squad following Greg Zuerlein’s struggles/injury. Patterson made his Jets debut in the win over the Houston Texans, so let’s break him down in more detail. The 25-year old Patterson is listed at 6’0” and 190 pounds. He was undrafted out of Memph...2024
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• Browns roster: 2 glaring holes on Browns practice squad

Matt McCrane of DC Defenders | Photo by Lee Coleman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Team reserves must serve a “need” If you noticed with just about every NFL team’s practice squad (PS), they have selected players that are positioned as “need” guys just in case one of their rostered athletes goes down with an injury. Makes no sense to stash a quarterback when you have three good ones on ...2024
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• Ex-Jets Progress Report: Part V (Special Teams)
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• Free agent profile: Do Lions give Michael Badgley chance at redemption?
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• Giants-Falcons highlights: One last look back at Giants’ 10th straight loss
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• Giants news, 12/19: Drew Lock named starter, Brian Daboll, Malik Nabers, more headlines
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• Browns options as kicker Dustin Hopkins struggles
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• Greg Zuerlein to IR as Jets in two Kickers to Practice Squad

The Jets have placed struggling kicker Greg Zuerlein on injured reserve with a knee injury while adding two kickers to the practice squad. Both Spencer Shrader and Riley Patterson will compete for the team’s kicking duties for this Thursday night against the Texans and beyond. A USF product, Shrader has kicked just 3 extra points […] The post Greg Zuerlein to IR as Jets in two Kickers ...2024
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• 6 takeaways from the Lions’ preseason win over the Pittsburgh Steelers

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Six takeaways from the Detroit Lions’ preseason finale against the Steelers as we head to roster cuts: The Detroit Lions wrapped up their third and final preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a win, but did their players do enough to separate themselves amid some difficult roster decisions? The Lions are now entering the cutdown portion o...2024
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• Jaguars vs Titans: This week in Jaguars history

The Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans have faced off 58 times during the regular season and once during the postseason. The Jaguars will be in Nashville this Sunday to play another division rival. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans have faced off 58 times during the regular season and once during the postseason. The Titans lead the series 35-24. While playoffs are no longer in t...2024
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• Browns roster: 2 glaring holes on Browns practice squad
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• Jaguars free agency player comparisons: Roster improvement or deterioration?

Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images With free agency a week in, have the Jaguars upgraded their personnel? Well that was exciting! The Jacksonville Jaguars have proved to be one of the more active NFL franchises in free agency thus far, welcoming eight new faces to Duval County. But has the team got better? Let’s compare the additions to the losses one by one, and see where we stand: Gabe D...2024
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• Grading every notable decision from Lions GM Brad Holmes’ career

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions would not have achieved this level of success without general manager Brad Holmes. Let’s grade all of the critical moves he did—or didn’t—make so far. The Detroit Lions have found a near-unprecedented level of success during the tenure of Brad Holmes as general manager. From top to bottom, Holmes has built a talented roster in multiple ways, ...2024
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• Jaguars sign multiple players to reserve/future contracts

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images The Jacksonville Jaguars have begun their efforts to have a competitive 2024 roster by signing 14 players to futures/reserves contracts for next season's training camp. With the 2023 Super Bowl finale completed on Sunday, the 2024 off-season player acquisition period has officially kicked off. The Jacksonville Jaguars today announced they would get the ba...2024
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• Jaguars news 2/8: Trevor Lawrence appears on multiple Super Bowl shows

Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images Your daily Jacksonville Jaguars news and open thread for February 8, 2024. Good morning! Here is today’s roundup of the latest news, rumors, and analysis on your Jacksonville Jaguars. Jaguars News Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence Super Bowl interviews observations (Big Cat Country) On Tuesday, Jacksonville Jaguars third-year quarterback Trevor Lawrence sat down...2024
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• Jaguars news 2/7: Riley Patterson is back

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Your daily Jacksonville Jaguars news and open thread for February 7, 2024. Good morning! Here is today’s roundup of the latest news, rumors, and analysis on your Jacksonville Jaguars. Jaguars News Jaguars bring back kicker Riley Patterson via futures deal (Times-Union) Riley Patterson was signed to a futures deal by the club Monday, according to t...2024
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• 2023 recap: 7 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ defense, special teams

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Recapping the 2023 Detroit Lions season with the best and worst defensive performances of the year. Talk about a roller coaster. While the offense was consistent throughout the season, the Detroit Lions defense was the opposite of that. Overall, it was an improvement from the 2022 season, but while there were more good plays and games from this defense, the i...2024
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• Lions vs. Rams stock report: 9 movers after Lions’ playoff win

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Check out your movers for the week. SAME OLD BRAND NEW LIONS BABY, THE DETROIT LIONS HAVE WON A PLAYOFF GAME! Here are your movers for the week: Stock down: C.J. Gardner-Johnson, S Stats: 7 tackles For all the hype around Ceedy Duce’s return, he laid a dud against the Rams. All day, Gardner-Johnson seemed a step behind where he needed to be. On the p...2024
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• Lions activate QB Hendon Hooker, waive K Riley Patterson

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Lions have activated third-round rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker from the non-football injury list. On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions announced they are activating third-round rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker from the non-football injury list and waiving kicker Riley Patterson in a corresponding move. Hooker tore his ACL in November of 2022 while at the...2023
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• Jaguars scoop up Brandon McManus less than 48 hours after Broncos release veteran kicker

Jacksonville released kick Riley Patterson to make room for McManus...2023
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• Recap: Detroit Lions grind out tough win over Bucs, move to 5-1

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The Detroit Lions faced a tough Buccaneers defense, but made enough plays to notch another road victory on their path to a 5-1 start. The Detroit Lions are 5-1 for their first time since 2011 and just their fifth time since the 1950s. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t make it easy. Most of Sunday was a defensive battle, and the Lions held just a 10-3 lead ...2023
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• Recap: Lions hang on after dominant 1st half vs. Packers, win 34-20

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Detroit Lions had a dominant first half, and while the Green Bay Packers made it close at one point, Detroit walked away with a comfortable 34-20 win. The Detroit Lions absolutely took it to the Green Bay Packers in the first half, dominating them in every phase of the game. They headed to the locker room with a 27-3 lead—arguably the best half of fo...2023
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• Detroit Lions report card: Defense steps up big time vs. Chiefs

The Detroit Lions defense helped carry a sputtering offense against the Kansas City Chiefs. We hand out positional grades to analyze the entire team’s performance. The Detroit Lions didn’t play their prettiest game against the Kansas City Chiefs, but no Week 1 game is perfect. The fact that the Lions were still able to pull off the victory over the Super Bowl champs on such an imperfect night is ...2023
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• 2023 Lions free agent profile: Michael Badgley’s under-appreciated year
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Badgley quietly put to bed the Lions’ kicker woes in 2022. Was it enough to bring him back in 2023? The Detroit Lions have 28 players from their 2022 roster set to become free agents in 2023 (18 unrestricted, 10 restricted), and we are covering them all throughout the month of February. If you missed any of the previous articles, you can check them out h...2023
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• Lions release unofficial depth chart for 2023 preseason

Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK Taking a closer look at the Detroit Lions first “unofficial” depth chart of the 2023 preseason. On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions PR department released their 2023 Preseason Game 1 media guide, and included in that document is the team's first “unofficial” depth chart. Keeping in mind that this look at the Lions roster is made by the PR department and no...2023
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• Lions Week 5 report card: RBs score highest grade vs. Panthers

Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images It was a great overall effort from the Detroit Lions vs. the Carolina Panthers, but the running backs scored the highest grades in our Week 5 report card. The Detroit Lions capped off a dominant day against the Carolina Panthers with a well-rounded effort. Call it complementary football or a complete game. Either way, both sides of the ball heavily contri...2023
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• Browns: Longtime special teamer finds a new home in free agency
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• Giants-Falcons highlights: One last look back at Giants’ 10th straight loss
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• Falcons place Pro Bowl kicker Younghoe Koo on IR, reunite with Riley Patterson for playoff push, per report

Koo hit just 25 of 34 field goal tries this year...2024
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• Browns roster: Activate 2, elevate 2 including clarity at kicker for both teams in Week 15
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• Giants poach Detroit Lions kicker from practice squad

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The New York Giants have poached a veteran player from the Lions’ practice squad. The Detroit Lions are going to have to find themselves a new backup kicker. According to NFL agent Brett Tessler, Lions practice squad kicker Greg Joseph is getting poached by the New York Giants and signing to their 53-man squad. Last week, the Lions signed Joseph to th...2024
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• Detroit Lions report card: All levels of defense shine in win over Falcons

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images We hand out positional grades praising the Detroit Lions defensive effort in our Week 3 report card vs. the Atlanta Falcons. The Detroit Lions got a shockingly good defensive performance against the Atlanta Falcons to move to 2-1 on the season. And while there will be a ton of focus on the defensive line for helping the team notch seven sacks and hold ...2023
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• 4 thoughts on Lions 53-man roster and why they only kept 2 RBs

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions roster came with several surprising moves, including just 2 RBs. We break down what’s going on and our initial reactions. The Detroit Lions’ 53-man roster dropped late on Tuesday evening, and there are some big surprises and odd-looking developments. If you want a full look at the roster, head to our tracker or our initial post on the news. Bu...2023
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