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Detroit Lions fire special teams coordinator Brayden Coombs after fake punt call

The Detroit Lions fired special teams coordinator Brayden Coombs on Monday, a day after he called an unauthorized fake punt against the Tennessee Titans.

Coombs, 34, was in his first season with the Lions after spending 10 years with the Cincinnati Bengals.

On Sunday, with the Lions trailing 32-18 early in the fourth quarter, they ran a fake punt on fourth-and-4 play the Titans' 31-yard line.

C.J. Moore took a direct snap from Don Muhlbach and ran to the short side of the field, where he was stopped inches short of a first down.