The Detroit Lions have settled on a kicker — they hope.
The Lions promoted kicker Michael Badgley from the practice squad to the 53-man roster Saturday and will use the veteran for place kicking duties Sunday against the Miami Dolphins for the third straight game.
Badgley did not attempt a field goal or play in the Lions' Week 5 shutout loss to the New England Patriots, then accounted for all the Lions' scoring in last week's 24-6 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
"He did a good job in the game with the kicks and that’s been good and we obviously need to continue that trend going forward for sure," Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp said Thursday.