Matt Prater
40-Year-Old
2024 Kicking Stats
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6
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Prater doesn't seem to have lost his touch, though he'll turn 40 in August and is entering his 18th NFL season. While he got just 23 PATs in 2023 for a lousy Arizona team -- en route to finishing 22nd among kickers in fantasy points -- Prater made nine of 12 field-goal attempts from 50-plus yards, including a 62-yarder. There's potential for a productive fantasy season ahead if the dome-based Cardinals improve and provide more PATs and chip shots, though it's still somewhat of a long shot for Prater to rank among the leaders in overall kicking volume while attached to one of the younger and more star-deficient teams in the league. Read Past Outlooks
No practice again Thursday
Prater (left knee) was a non-participant at Thursday's practice, Zach Gershman of the Cardinals' official site reports.
ANALYSIS
Prater thus has just one more session to prove the health of his left knee this week before Arizona potentially makes a ruling on his status for Sunday's game in San Francisco. If Prater isn't able to perform his usual place-kicking duties this weekend, the team likely will elevate Chad Ryland from the practice squad, which will need to happen by Saturday's 4:00 p.m. ET deadline to do so.
Prater thus has just one more session to prove the health of his left knee this week before Arizona potentially makes a ruling on his status for Sunday's game in San Francisco. If Prater isn't able to perform his usual place-kicking duties this weekend, the team likely will elevate Chad Ryland from the practice squad, which will need to happen by Saturday's 4:00 p.m. ET deadline to do so.
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Prater had five conversions from 50-plus yards in seven of the last eight seasons, aided by friendly kicking environments in Detroit and now Arizona. From a real-life standpoint, he's probably still a top-10 kicker, but there's not a ton of fantasy upside with the Cardinals looking like one of the weaker teams in the league and possibly playing the start of the season without QB Kyler Murray. Even last year Prater was 25th among kickers in fantasy points per game, and that was with Murray healthy much of the year.
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Dealing with knee injury
Prater didn't practice Wednesday due to a left knee injury, Zach Gershman of the Cardinals' official site reports.
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Makes both kicks in Week 4
Prater connected on both point-after tries during Sunday's 42-14 defeat to the Commanders.
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Still perfect this season
Prater struck true on both field-goal attempts and his only point-after try during Sunday's 20-13 defeat to the Lions.
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Connects on all seven kicks Sunday
Prater made both field-goal attempts and all five point-after tries during Sunday's 41-10 win over the Rams.
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Makes all four kicks Sunday
Prater netted both field-goal attempts and both point-after tries during Sunday's 34-28 defeat in Buffalo.
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Absence impacted game plan
Coach Kliff Kingsbury admitted after the Week 6 loss to Seattle that Prater's absence due to a hip injury impacted the team's decision to keep going for it on fourth down, Josh Weinfuss of ESPN reports.
ANALYSIS
The Cardinals continued to acutely feel their veteran kicker's absence, as Matt Ammendola missed a game-tying 43-yard field-goal attempt last week and followed that key miss up with a missed PAT in the 19-9 loss to the Seahawks. With no confidence in Ammendola, Arizona turned the ball over on downs three times. The Cardinals will hope to have Prater back Thursday against the Saints.
The Cardinals continued to acutely feel their veteran kicker's absence, as Matt Ammendola missed a game-tying 43-yard field-goal attempt last week and followed that key miss up with a missed PAT in the 19-9 loss to the Seahawks. With no confidence in Ammendola, Arizona turned the ball over on downs three times. The Cardinals will hope to have Prater back Thursday against the Saints.