4-for-12.
That was the Detroit Lions’ kicking efficiency through five weeks of the 2014 NFL season.
Nate Freese, drafted in the final round of that year’s NFL Draft, last an entire three games on the roster before his 0-for-4 efficiency from 40+ yards led to him getting waived.
Detroit had managed to survive those three games, heading 2-1 into Week 4. That’s when they scooped up free agent Alex Henery, who had made a respectable 86 percent of his kicks in three years with the Eagles. He wasn’t the most powerful of legs (career long of just 51 yards), but he was dependable, and that’s all the Lions needed at the time.