The Detroit Lions have two new kickers, their sixth and seventh since the start of training camp.
The Lions signed kicker Riley Patterson off the New England Patriots practice squad, a league source told the Free Press, two days after Ryan Santoso missed an extra point and field goal in a 16-16 tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Patterson, who must stay on the Lions' 53-man roster for at least the next three weeks, went undrafted out of Memphis and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a rookie free agent before joining the Patriots last month.