Allen Park, MI (SportsNetwork.com) – The Detroit Lions signed free agent wide receiver Golden Tate on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Tate told ESPN.com the deal was for five years and $31 million with $13.25 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n
“Wow,” Tate tweeted, “I’m officially a Detroit #Lion. Extremely excited about the opportunity to grow with this organization.”<\/p>\n
Tate also thanked Seattle fans. He played his first four NFL seasons with the Seahawks after they drafted him in the second round in 2010.<\/p>\n
This past season, the 5-foot-10 wideout set personal bests with 64 receptions for 898 yards. He caught five touchdown passes one season after hauling in a career-high seven.<\/p>\n
Tate caught the controversial Hail Mary pass at the end of a Sept. 24, 2012 game that gave the Seahawks a 14-12 win over the Green Bay Packers and led to a boiling over of the mounting criticism against replacement officials that season.<\/p>\n
Then-Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings appeared to have possession of the ball and two replacement officials made two different calls. Days later, the NFL and its regular referees agreed to a deal to end the league’s lockout of the game officials.<\/p>\n
Tate had three catches for 17 yards in Seattle’s 43-8 win over Denver in the Super Bowl XLVIII last month.<\/p>\n
He has 165 grabs for 2,195 yards and 15 touchdowns in 58 regular-season games and joins a receiving corps in Detroit that boasts arguably the game’s best wideout, Calvin Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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