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Where the Lions roster stands: Special teams

A breakdown of the Detroit Lions' specialists and what needs they may have on special teams.

As we start to look ahead to training camp, we're going to take a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions roster. Last up is special teams. (The final year of each player's contract is listed in parentheses.)

There's really not much to say about the Lions' specialists this summer, and that's definitely a good thing. Last year, there was an actual competition at kicker between Nate Freese and Giorgio Tavecchio, and let's just say that could have gone better.