Allen Park, MI (SportsNetwork.com) – The Detroit Lions will have another kicker this week, as Alex Henery was released on Monday.<\/p>\n
Henery missed three field goals in Sunday’s 17-14 loss to Buffalo, including a 50-yard attempt late in the fourth quarter that would have given the Lions the lead. The miss gave the Bills a short field in the closing seconds and led to Dan Carpenter’s winning 58-yard kick with four seconds to play.<\/p>\n
Lions coach Jim Caldwell said the team will likely try to find a kicker with experience.<\/p>\n
“There’s somebody out there for us that’ll do the job for us,” said Caldwell on Monday. “We just need to track him down quickly.”<\/p>\n
The Lions have already had two kickers in just five weeks this season. Rookie Nate Freese was 3-for-7, missing each of his four kicks from 40-49 yards, in the first three games before Henery was signed two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
Henery, who spent three years with the Eagles before being released prior to the start of this season, made just 1-of-5 field goal tries in his two games for Detroit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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