The Detroit Lions have tendered Jake Bates a qualifying offer as an exclusive rights free agent, ensuring Bates will be on ...

As expected, the Detroit Lions have tendered Jake Bates, their only exclusive-rights free agent of the offseason.

The reason the Lions can offer this ERFA tender is because Bates’ contract is expiring after just two accrued seasons in the ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates will return for 2026 NFL season.

The Lions placed an exclusive rights free agent tender on Bates on Wednesday, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Kicker Jake Bates is set to return for a third season with the Lions.

The Detroit Lions officially tendered an offer to exclusive rights free agent K Jake Bates on Thursday, according to Dave Birkett. Exclusive rights contracts are essentially one-year minimum contracts ...

The Detroit Lions have announced news on kicker Jake Bates as NFL free agency nears. Free agency starts on March 11.

The Lions (9-8, fourth in NFC North) beat the Chicago Bears (11-6, first in NFC North) 19-16 on a walk-off 42-yard field goal from kicker Jake Bates on Sunday, Jan. 4, at Soldier Field in Chicago.

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