The Detroit Lions have one more participant honored with a weekly award.
Kicker Jake Bates was honored because the NFC Particular Groups Participant of the week for the second time this season after hitting a pair of 50-plus-yard discipline targets, together with a 52-yard boot on the buzzer to assist Detroit defeat Houston 26-23.
Bates additionally hit from a career-best 58 yards earlier within the fourth quarter to tie the sport at 23. He’s now an ideal 14-of-14 on discipline aim makes an attempt by means of the staff’s first 9 video games.
A calling card with Bates’ success has been his demeanor below stress, with coach Dan Campbell trying to place him in as many high-level conditions as doable. On Sunday, like he has many instances in observe, the rookie kicker rose to the event as soon as once more.
“I believe that’s essential. I attempt to apply a bit stress and I’ve, actually since coaching camp. Simply in my very own manner, stuff that I do know would in all probability irratate him and simply to make him not fear,” Campbell stated. “Don’t fear about it, block every part out, do what you do. And he’s good about that, he actually is. He’s fairly good about, he will get away from everyone and he can get in his personal head in a great way and shut every part else out. I do really feel like there’s one thing to him whenever you put him in a aggressive setting, and he’s fairly good about that.”
Bates expressed appreciation for this method following the win. He is had loads of alternatives to transform in intense moments main as much as sport days, and made good on his second game-winning kick try of the 12 months.
“The extra you place your self into that, your physique in that stress and your thoughts into that actual sport state of affairs is helpful,” Bates stated. “This teaching workers has completed a very good job going all the way in which again to camp of placing us in game-like conditions and making observe as actual as it may be.”
