The Arizona Cardinals have added a kicker. Zane Gonzalez will not be back in 2021. The team announced it had agreed to terms with veteran Matt Prater on a two-year contract.
Welcome to Arizona, @MattPrater_5!
We have agreed to terms with K Matt Prater on a two-year contract. pic.twitter.com/ZVsiHz1y4D
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) March 17, 2021
Prater will be 37 years old this season and is entering his 15th NFL season, having spent the last seven seasons with the Detroit Lions. Prater knows Cardinals assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers from their time with the Denver Broncos. Prater was with Denver from 2007-2014 and Rodgers was the Broncos’ special teams coordinator from 2011-2014.
In his career, he has made 83.2% of his field-goal attempts. including 74.6% from 50 yards and beyond and 69.6% from 40-49 yards,.
He was 21-of-28 in 2020 for a 75% conversion rate, his lowest rate since 2008, but has been one of the more consistent kickers with one of the strongest legs in the league for a long time.
He holds the record for the longest made field goal in league history at 64 yards.
He kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired for the Lions against the Cardinals in a 26-23 win at State Farm Stadium.
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