Detroit Lions Dave Fipp praised Michael Badgley for strong work in NFL offseason.
' kicking competition took a hit Friday with the news that Michael Badgley is headed to injured reserve with a torn hamstring.was the incumbent in the kicking battle between he and newcomer Jake Bates.was putting in and as a result, the coach had high expectations for the veteran kicker in 2024. He noted that Badgley had added distance as well as fine-tuned his kickoffs in the spring.
“The guy’s a special player, a special person, he loves this game. He had, really, the best offseason he’s ever had in his career, I think it’d be fair to say that," Fipp said. "He was in a great spot. I said to you guys in the offseason that he really worked hard on his leg and making long field goals and adjusting a little bit of his technique. Anyway, he had a great offseason and he came into training camp ready to go and then obviously he got injured. I’m devastated for him.
Ammendola is the most tenured of the group, and both he and Havrisik kicked for NFL teams a year ago. “The bottom line is they brought four guys in. And what I’m gonna tell you is every time we’ve been in a position and we’re looking for kickers or looking for players, every time we’ve brought players in, I look at the list and we get an email and they say, ‘Hey, we’re bringing these four guys in.’ We look at it, every time I’ve done it, I’ve looked at it and said, ‘Man, they did an incredible job of finding these guys.’ There’s a couple guys in there we feel good about.
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