The common perception about the 2018 Detroit Lions special teams units was that they played pretty poorly. That was apparently the perception within the Lions organization as well Da’Shawn Hand Jersey , seeing as they fired their special teams coordinator Joe Marciano halfway through the season.But this week Talk of Fame Network’s Rick Gosselin released his annual special teams rankings, and it suggests the Lions’ special teams units were better than many believed. His rankings—which combine 22 different kicking game categories—have the Lions at 12th overall, the best in the NFC North and fourth in the entire conference. Basic statistics aren’t quite as kind to the Lions. Though Detroit ranked 11th in kick return average (24.1), they were just 26th in punt returns (6.3), at least partially due to the early injury to 2017 All-Pro Jamal Agnew. They also struggled in coverage units. Though they ranked 14th in kick return average allowed (22.6) Jarrad Davis Jersey , they were 31st in punt returns (11.4). And perhaps worst of all were the penalties. According to NFLPenalties.com, the Lions had the seventh-most accepted penalties on special teams (22). However, when it came to field goals, the Lions outplayed their opponents by a large margin for the season. Matt Prater missed just four field goals all year (28-of-32) and was perfect at extra points (and also had a touchdown pass). The Lions’ opponents, however Teez Tabor Jersey , only converted on 19-of-28 field goals, the lowest percentage in the league by a large margin. Field goal percentage, along with opponent’s field goal percentage are part of Gosselin’s formula. Detroit also ranked first in extra point percentage (100%), opponent’s starting field position (23.8-yard line) and blocked kicks allowed (0). Regardless, John Bonamego—the Lions’ recently-hired special teams coordinator—has some work to do this offseason. Watch live as Alex Reno and Jeremy Reisman run through some mock drafts"If you’ve been following Pride of Detroit during the offseason Kenny Golladay Jersey , you know that we’ve been playing around with the Twitch format. We’ve done some live reaction shows—like after the first day of free agency. We’ve played Fortnite with Graham Glasgow. And Friday night, we’re going to try something new .Given that the NFL Draft is now less than three weeks away, we want to start preparing ourselves for the event. At 8 p.m. ET, myself and Alex Reno will be doing some live mock drafts. We’ll be running through a bunch of different scenarios for the Detroit Lions, picking our favorite prospects along the way Jalen Reeves-Maybin Jersey , and polling those in the chat room watching. UPDATE: You can watch a replay of the mocks below.It should be a fun opportunity to see what kind of outcomes we may expect on April 25 when the Lions are currently slotted to select eighth overall, and a neat way to have us all interacting together. Both Alex and myself will be streaming the live video, so if you want to watch and help participate, make sure you’re following both of our Twitch streams here (Jeremy) and here (Reno). You can set it up so that you get notifications every time we’re live, or you can just hang out this one time.We’ll also embed the live videos here Barry Sanders Jersey , if you’d rather not leave Pride of Detroit. UPDATE: The mock drafting is over, but you can watch a replay below: