When Kalif Raymond went down with an ankle injury in the Detroit Lions’ Week 12 win over the New York Giants, it appeared they had lost one of their biggest weapons on special teams. While this hasn’t been Raymond’s best year, he’s a two-time All Pro and even had a punt return touchdown earlier this season.

But in the two weeks Raymond has been sidelined, Tom Kennedy has been a revelation. A wideout that has spent the majority of his seven-year career on the practice squad, Kennedy finally got significant action as the team’s kick returner, and he didn’t squander it. In his first game, he managed an average 27.0 yards per kick return, but had a huge 21-yard punt return (on top of four big catches for 36 yards on offense). Then, last week against the Dallas Cowboys, Kennedy had his breakou

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