Matt Prater gets an update on the playoff injury report for the Jaguars game
The Buffalo Bills can be expected to have veteran kicker Matt Prater for this week in an AFC Wild Card round matchup against Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville.
Prater didn’t practice Wednesday with the reported right hamstring problem, but he did he returned to the field on Thursday for the full practice, as shown on the Bills’ injury report via the team’s official website.
The 41-year-old Prater, who also previously played for the Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons, missed several games in the 2025 NFL regular season with the aforementioned lower-body injury, missing Weeks 16 and 17 against the Philadelphia Browns. Eagles, respectively. With Prater unavailable for those games, the Bills signed Michael Badgley to be their punter against the Browns and Eagles.
After the defeat against Orlov, Buffalo released Badgleysignaling Prater’s return.
Prater then returned to action in Buffalo’s regular-season finale in Week 18 against the New York Jets, helping the Bills to a 35-8 victory in the team’s final game ever at Highmark Stadium. He looked good in his first game back from injury, making all three of his extra point attempts, though he failed to make the field goal attempt.
In 15 appearances in the 2025 campaign, Prater went 18-of-20 on his field goal attempts, missing each from 30-39 yards and from 50+.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen will always draw the most attention among Buffalo players, but the playoff matchup against the Jaguars could be decided by Prater’s touchdown.
2026-01-08 23:59:00
