Allen Park — In the 21 months since Dave Fipp was hired to serve as the Lions' special teams coordinator, the team has employed 11 kickers, if you include his initial weeks on the job, after Matt Prater's contract expired.
And although that carousel has continued to spin, Fipp isn't second-guessing any step of the process as the team searches for its next long-term solution at the position.
The decision to move on from Prater, who was nearing his 37th birthday, was understandable, both from performance and financial standpoints. Despite an outstanding career, including seven fruitful years in Detroit, he had been coming off one of the worst seasons of his career.