Lions, Vikings and Jake Bates

Jake Bates made a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to beat the Minnesota Vikings and is 10-for-10 on FGs this year for ...
On Sunday, the rookie hit a game-winning field goal with 15 seconds remaining against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank ...
But it would not have happened without Jake Bates. Detroit's first-year kicker was thrust into an extreme pressure position for the first time, called on to drill a 44-yard field goal trailing by ...
MINNEAPOLIS — A year ago, Jake Bates thought his dream of playing in the NFL was over. He took a job as a brick salesman near his childhood home in Houston and was a few weeks into training ...
Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left and the Detroit Lions beat Minnesota 31-29 Sunday, handing the ...
Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates has reached a pair of milestones this week. After knocking through his first career ...
This marks the fourth consecutive week, excluding Detroit’s Week 5 bye, where a Lions player has won a weekly award. Punter Jack Fox took home special teams honors in Week 3, quarterback Jared Goff in ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jake Bates was selling bricks. Now he's making game-winning kicks in the NFL. Bates made a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to give the Detroit Lions a 31-29 victory ...