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12-13-2011, 09:47 AM
Real nice piece on Prater. Worth checking out the full article (link below).
Prater’s 51-yarder in overtime that sent the Broncos past the stunned Chicago Bears 13-10 on Sunday was his third straight walk-off field goal. It followed his 59-yarder that tied it with 3 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
He and former Indianapolis Colt Mike Vanderjagt are the only kickers in NFL history to have a 50-yard-plus kick to tie a game and then one to win it in overtime. Vanderjagt did it on Nov. 24, 2002, against Denver.
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Prater has kicked the game-winning field goal on the last play of regulation or in overtime four times during this stretch. That’s one shy of the NFL single-season record set by his predecessor, Jason Elam, in 2007.
Read full story here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/matt-prater-is-the-one-sealing-all-these-tim-tebow-engineered-comebacks/2011/12/13/gIQAuoVLrO_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpos t
Prater’s 51-yarder in overtime that sent the Broncos past the stunned Chicago Bears 13-10 on Sunday was his third straight walk-off field goal. It followed his 59-yarder that tied it with 3 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
He and former Indianapolis Colt Mike Vanderjagt are the only kickers in NFL history to have a 50-yard-plus kick to tie a game and then one to win it in overtime. Vanderjagt did it on Nov. 24, 2002, against Denver.
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Prater has kicked the game-winning field goal on the last play of regulation or in overtime four times during this stretch. That’s one shy of the NFL single-season record set by his predecessor, Jason Elam, in 2007.
Read full story here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/matt-prater-is-the-one-sealing-all-these-tim-tebow-engineered-comebacks/2011/12/13/gIQAuoVLrO_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpos t