Sam Ficken finally has another chance.The Detroit Lions signed the former Tenne see Titans kicker on Tuesday as they continue a search for stability at the position that resembles what the Titans went through not that long ago Chris Paul Jersey .He becomes the sixth placekicker Detroit (1-4) has signed since the end of last season. More than half have been in uniform for games this season. As of now, the Lions have no one at that position on their active roster. Ficken joins Michael Badgley another former Titan on the practice squad, and Detroit has an open date this week, which gives franchise officials time to evaluate exactly what they want to do Landry Shamet Jersey with them.Scroll to ContinueFicken had been unemployed after having spent all last season on the Titans injured reserve list. He has made 49 of 56 extra points (87.5 percent) and 35 of 48 field goals (72. Wesley Johnson Jersey 9 percent) in 28 career games for the Los Angeles Rams and new York Jets from 2017-20.He figured to be Tenne sees kicker in 2021 when he won a training camp battle with Tucker McCann that was punctuated by his 58-yard field goal at Tampa Bay in the second game of the preseason. However, he sustained a groin injury days before the season opener and was sidelined for the remainder of the year.Badgley, who had been Tobias Harris Jersey on the practice squad, took Fickens place but mi sed one field goal and one PAT in a season-opening lo s to Arizona. The Titans released him and turned to Randy Bullock who has locked down the job ever since. Bullock has been the Titans Avery Bradley Jersey placekicker for the past 21 games, the longest run since Ryan Succop kicked in every game for five consecutive seasons (2014-18). A knee injury that sidelined Succop at the start of 2019 started a stretch in which Tenne see had seven different kickers of 33 games before Bullock took over.Detroits problems started last season when it decided not to re-sign veteran Matt Prater. That team went through five kickers Rodney McGruder Jersey during the 2021 regular season, including Ryan Santoso, who briefly was with Tenne see in 2019.Now, Ficken has a chance to fix things the way it looked like he would do for the Titans.