{"id":345756,"date":"2025-09-06T07:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T07:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345756\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T07:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T07:25:17","slug":"bills-new-kicker-matt-prater-is-going-to-set-a-buffalo-record-the-second-he-steps-on-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345756\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills&#8217; new kicker Matt Prater is going to set a Buffalo record the second he steps on the field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/news\/bills-new-kicker-matt-prater-set-buffalo-record\/69730dbf3328d70d409aabf2?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bills&#039; new kicker Matt Prater is going to set a Buffalo record the second he steps on the field;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bills&#8217; new kicker Matt Prater is going to set a Buffalo record the second he steps on the field<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo Bills have a new kicker.<\/p>\n<p>With Tyler Bass on Injured Reserve for at least the first four weeks of the season, the Bills are handing kicking duties to veteran Matt Prater.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo had signed Prater to the practice squad earlier in the week in anticipation of this outcome. He&#8217;ll have to be elevated to the active roster ahead of Sunday Night Football against the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>And when Prater steps onto the field, he&#8217;ll set a record.<\/p>\n<p>Prater will be the oldest player to ever appear in a game for the Bills, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alexbrasky\/status\/1964069683855806936\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per beat reporter Alex Brasky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">per beat reporter Alex Brasky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/news\/seahawks-legend-marshawn-lynch-chargers-rookie-omarion-hampton-advice\/34da641838b31f6b7cdc76fb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marshawn Lynch was handing out RB advice in the middle of his photography stint;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Marshawn Lynch was handing out RB advice in the middle of his photography stint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How old is Matt Prater?<\/p>\n<p>Matt Prater is\u00a041 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, he&#8217;ll be 41 years and 28 days old when he takes the field on Sunday night for Week 1.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Prater celebrated his 41st birthday on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<p>This will be his 19th season in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Prater has kicked for the Falcons, Broncos, Lions and Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he played in four games for the Arizona Cardinals in 2024 and was 6-for-6 on field goals.<\/p>\n<p>In his career, Prater has made 83.6% of his field goals, including 81-for-108 from 50 yards or deeper.<\/p>\n<p>The Bills are a strong fourth-down conversion team thanks to Josh Allen&#8217;s rushing power, so they won&#8217;t need Prater a ton.<\/p>\n<p>But if he can make the kicks he&#8217;s given, it&#8217;ll go a long way for Buffalo in the early stages of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>NFL NEWS FROM CHIEFS-CHARGERS:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bills&#8217; new kicker Matt Prater is going to set a Buffalo record the second he steps on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[390,117,215,232,214,53,2086,7,1711,872,311,9502,6,15482],"class_list":{"0":"post-345756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-bills","11":"tag-broncos","12":"tag-buffalo","13":"tag-buffalo-bills","14":"tag-buffalobills","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-injured-reserve","17":"tag-josh-allen","18":"tag-marshawn-lynch","19":"tag-matt-prater","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-tyler-bass"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115156165047414076","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}