The Lions gave him a chance to compete with Michael Badgley for the team’s kicking job. The competition ended on July 25 when ...

Jake Bates is a perfect 10-for-10 on FGs this season and made a 44-yarder with 15 seconds left Sunday to give the Detroit ...

Minneapolis — The young career of kicker Jake Bates was an exercise in patience for the Detroit Lions.

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 ...

The Detroit Lions escaped with a narrow victory while visiting the rival Minnesota Vikings in Week 7, pulling ahead 31–29 in ...

Bates thought his football career was over and was training to sell bricks in Houston. Now the rookie kicker has sent the ...

Jake Bates was calm, cool and collected. More importantly, he was confident. That’s why it seemed like no problem for him to ...

Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the Lions’ 31-29 victory on Sunday, handing the Vikings their ...

Bates made his only field-goal attempt while going 4-for-4 on extra-point opportunities in Sunday's 31-29 win over the Vikings.

After the Lions and Vikings exchanged subsequent punts, Detroit quarterback Jared Goff engineered an eight-play, 44-yard ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left and the Detroit Lions beat Minnesota 31-29 on ...

Four Downs following the Detroit Lions' 31-29 victory over the Minnesota Vikings includes game-winner, Branch the playmaker, Gibbs' day and defensive effort.