Detroit Lions kicker Michael Badgley will miss the remainder of the season due to a torn hamstring sustained during practice. The injury is significant enough to require surgery, and he will be placed on injured reserve. Badgley had a strong performance in the previous season, converting all his field goal attempts. The Lions are now looking to Jake Bates as their primary kicker while considering additional options for competition.

Lions kicker Riley Patterson will be a healthy scratch for tonight's game against the Broncos. Michael Badgley, who was promoted from the practice squad, will start in his place. Fantasy owners can consider Badgley as a replacement for Patterson.

The New England Patriots have traded veteran kicker Nick Folk to the Tennessee Titans for a 2025 seventh-round draft pick. Folk, who turns 39 in November, enters his 16th NFL season and is tied for 23rd on the all-time list with 353 career field goals. The Patriots selected strong-legged Maryland kicker Chad Ryland in the fourth round of the 2023 draft, signaling that Folk's time with the franchise was likely coming to an end. Titans coach Mike Vrabel had called the team's kicking position a 'fluid situation' after Michael Badgley was waived.