Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Lions needs in the 2023 NFL draft. This is the first in an eight-part series:
With nine picks in next week’s draft, including four in the fifth and sixth rounds, the Detroit Lions are prime candidates to use a selection on a kicker for the first time since taking Nate Freese in the seventh round in 2014.
The Lions re-signed Michael Badgley to a one-year deal this offseason, but made it clear in the process they were not handing him the job.