Prater is a stud

[BroncoJoe]

Love it.

[SR]

Me too. Phenomenal kick.

[BroncoJoe]

RT @Broncos #TENvsDEN RT @Jason_Elam: Way to go Matt Prater! Awesome! Way to keep it in the #Broncos family! #BroncosMobile #UnitedinOrange

Nice of Elam to salute Prater :)

[CrazyHorse]

With as cold as it is, I bet that ball was as hard as a rock, making it all the more impressive.

[tomjonesrocks]

Yep.

[NightTerror218]

Keeping that record in Denver. Did he jave extra leg on that kick?

[Northman]

https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/q71/1463413_652215251487941_1726216768_n.jpg

[smith49]

https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/q71/1463413_652215251487941_1726216768_n.jpg


That's awesome!! Congrats MP!!

[DenBronx]

Jason Elam is a class act!

Two great Broncos kickers, Elam and Prater!

[gregbroncs]

Congrats Prater.

[ForgettingBrandonMarshall]

I enjoyed this. Not as much as tripp did though.

[Dapper Dan]

Thankfully, the FO didn't cut him and gave him another chance.


http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/showthread.php/272510-Oh-Crap!-Denver-Broncos-kicker-Matt-Prater-arrested-for-DUI?highlight=matt+prater

[Ravage!!!]

Thankfully, the FO didn't cut him and gave him another chance.


http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/showthread.php/272510-Oh-Crap!-Denver-Broncos-kicker-Matt-Prater-arrested-for-DUI?highlight=matt+prater

I think its only the fans that generally over react to such a high degree like that.

[Broncolingus]

I'm liking Colquitt keeping it real...:D


http://inagist.com/all/409850390658560000/



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[BroncoNut]

I'm aware of the record. But his overall career performance is more impressive. Great kicker. I also like That Tucker fellow alot

[Buff]

According to my dad who is a pilot and therefore better at math than me, there was a density altitude of 3,532 when factoring in the cold... So while the kick wasn't at sea level, he didn't get the full benefit of the mile high either.

[BroncoNut]

According to my dad who is a pilot and therefore better at math than me, there was a density altitude of 3,532 when factoring in the cold... So while the kick wasn't at sea level, he didn't get the full benefit of the mile high either.

your dad sounds like a great man

[OrangeHoof]

IMO, Tom Dempsey's feat will live forever, regardless if anyone broke the record.

I'm very happy for Prater and he deserves the props. Now try doing it straight on with a stump for a foot at below sea level with the game on the line like Dempsey did and you'd truly have my respect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu73YSmtiXU

(Don Criqui's original call for CBS back in 1970)

[slim]

Thankfully, the FO didn't cut him and gave him another chance.


http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/showthread.php/272510-Oh-Crap!-Denver-Broncos-kicker-Matt-Prater-arrested-for-DUI?highlight=matt+prater

I didn't reread it. Were people saying they should cut him?

[OrangeHoof]

During the Tebow year ('11?), Prater had a DWI while he was also transporting a stripper (or was it a prostitute?) to a hotel. I could see the Broncos at least contemplating releasing him at that point because he wasn't all that special in 2010.

[Dapper Dan]

I didn't reread it. Were people saying they should cut him?

Read it while you're pooping or something.

[Dapper Dan]

During the Tebow year ('11?), Prater had a DWI while he was also transporting a stripper (or was it a prostitute?) to a hotel. I could see the Broncos at least contemplating releasing him at that point because he wasn't all that special in 2010.

I went to the Denver @ Arizona preseason game. Someone had a sign that said "No KUI (Kicking Under Influence)".

[Joel]

IMO, Tom Dempsey's feat will live forever, regardless if anyone broke the record.

I'm very happy for Prater and he deserves the props. Now try doing it straight on with a stump for a foot at below sea level with the game on the line like Dempsey did and you'd truly have my respect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu73YSmtiXU

(Don Criqui's original call for CBS back in 1970)
The straight on part, yes, but kicking the ball with a block of wood really diminishes rather than magnifying the record. There's a reason the NFL banned that almost the moment he retired.

[Northman]

The straight on part, yes, but kicking the ball with a block of wood really diminishes rather than magnifying the record. There's a reason the NFL banned that almost the moment he retired.

Certainly and interesting look at it. I dont know much about how his shoe or foot was set up, im guessing the block of wood was secured in front of his foot if i recall correctly? It was pretty much square right?

Either way, it was great for Dempsey at the time but beating the record is beating the record no matter who does it and im extremely happy that its a Bronco that did it.

[Joel]

Certainly and interesting look at it. I dont know much about how his shoe or foot was set up, im guessing the block of wood was secured in front of his foot if i recall correctly? It was pretty much square right?
That was my understanding; squared off so he was kicking with an almost literal "club" foot. There's a pic in his Wikipedia article, a paragraph of which deals with the media controversy over whether the kick was legit, as well as the Tom Dempsey Rule (apparently created a couple years BEFORE he retired.) The previous record was 56 yds and stood for 21 years; Dempseys record was unmatched until Elam tied it 24 years later, and only Akers has matched it outside Mile High (even THAT kick BOUNCED in off the crossbar.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dempsey



Either way, it was great for Dempsey at the time but beating the record is beating the record no matter who does it and im extremely happy that its a Bronco that did it.
No argument there, and he doesn't have to share it. Funny, after Elam tied the old record so early in his career I was sure he'd break it before he retired, but I don't think he ever had the chance. Not many coaches have the guts to risk giving an opponent the ball at midfield unless it's the final play of a half.

[OrangeHoof]

Dempsey's foot could be compared to a croquet mallet - a good strike could make a ball go far but the accuracy was unpredictable. I'm not saying in any way that Prater's record should be stricken. Only that Dempsey's feat was so improbable in so many ways that it deserves to remain an NFL legend.

[OrangeHoof]

BTW, Joel, if you had read the entire Wikipedia page you had cited, a test by ESPN Sports Science claimed that the shoe gave Dempsey no advantage over other kickers and, possibly, made it even more difficult than a traditional kicker.

[BroncoJoe]

The impact on the Ball from Dempsey's flattened shoe is really no different than a soccer style kickers. Back then everyone kicked straight on, not soccer style.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bw4KDEYdMaQ/UNNx3xCTYVI/AAAAAAAAAKU/VeJDNNtCDf8/s1600/Tom+Dempsey's.JPG

[Joel]

BTW, Joel, if you had read the entire Wikipedia page you had cited, a test by ESPN Sports Science claimed that the shoe gave Dempsey no advantage over other kickers and, possibly, made it even more difficult than a traditional kicker.
I did see that, but ESPN Sports Science isn't exactly MIT. Heck, the whole network was co-founded by a guy whose scientific analysis said Romney would win the 2012 election by 5 points.

I'm not trying to bash Dempsey, really, but when the NFL feels obliged to pass a rule against something, it tends to taint any records set doing it.

[chazoe60]

During the Tebow year ('11?), Prater had a DWI while he was also transporting a stripper (or was it a prostitute?) to a hotel. I could see the Broncos at least contemplating releasing him at that point because he wasn't all that special in 2010.
Any respect I lost for him because of the DUI was quickly regained because of the stripper.

[OrangeHoof]

I'm not trying to bash Dempsey, really, but when the NFL feels obliged to pass a rule against something, it tends to taint any records set doing it.

It's called fear of the unknown. By 1977, clearly they weren't afraid that Dempsey was making the game unfair but what if somebody comes along later with some type of super balls built into the wood like a corked bat? With no rule to outlaw it, the league would find itself in a possible legal pickle. I don't consider his record tainted at all. I consider it miraculous.

One of the little-known stories about the kick is that the Saints had fired their head coach and promoted an interim. When the Billy Kilmer pass moved the ball to the Saints' 45, the coach asked "what line are we on?" and was told "the 45". He thought it was the Lions' 45 and sent Dempsey out to kick a 53-yarder. Only after it was too late to change course did he realize his mistake. He never thought Dempsey was capable of making it from that distance and Dempsey, for his part, was just doing as his coach instructed.

[FanInAZ]

http://www.nfl.com/videos/denver-broncos/0ap2000000295632/Matt-Prater-gets-the-game-ball

[Dapper Dan]

http://www.nfl.com/videos/denver-broncos/0ap2000000295632/Matt-Prater-gets-the-game-ball


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS40-776mwE

[Joel]

It's called fear of the unknown. By 1977, clearly they weren't afraid that Dempsey was making the game unfair but what if somebody comes along later with some type of super balls built into the wood like a corked bat? With no rule to outlaw it, the league would find itself in a possible legal pickle. I don't consider his record tainted at all. I consider it miraculous.

One of the little-known stories about the kick is that the Saints had fired their head coach and promoted an interim. When the Billy Kilmer pass moved the ball to the Saints' 45, the coach asked "what line are we on?" and was told "the 45". He thought it was the Lions' 45 and sent Dempsey out to kick a 53-yarder. Only after it was too late to change course did he realize his mistake. He never thought Dempsey was capable of making it from that distance and Dempsey, for his part, was just doing as his coach instructed.
I think it's called closing the back door once realizing it was open. In a sport with so much running, the NFL never expected a player missing half a foot could make a roster. When a kicker actually did they weren't going to ban him for a birth defect (that would've been a PR nightmare, and even when they put in the Dempsey Rule it was carefully crafted to allow prosthetics that gave no competitive advantage) but after he broke a 20 year old kicking record they did ensure it never happened again.

[Denver Native (Carol)]

Jeff Legwold ‏@Jeff_Legwold 3h

#Broncos kicker Matt Prater said the jersey he wore Sunday for his 64-yard kick is headed for Hall of Fame.

[ShaneFalco]

ya man, i really thought greg the leg from stl was going to break it this year. But my 2nd hope was for Prater to do it. Was really awesome to watch. Prater is a g.

[shank]

i was at the club level bar when he made the kick. i high-fived sooooo many people. it was cool to be there.

[Dapper Dan]

i was at the club level bar when he made the kick. i high-fived sooooo many people. it was cool to be there.

I was asleep. :(

[Canmore]

i was at the club level bar when he made the kick. i high-fived sooooo many people. it was cool to be there.

I went nuts!

[FanInAZ]

i was at the club level bar when he made the kick. i high-fived sooooo many people. it was cool to be there.

I was watching the Cards game, wasn't given a choice because of the NFL's pro-home team policy. :tsk:

[Colorado4Life]

Prater certainly wasn't the "Lonesome Kicker" after that 64 yard field goal...

[Buff]

I was watching the Cards game, wasn't given a choice because of the NFL's pro-home team policy. :tsk:

It's 2013, brother, there are ways around this dilemma.

[BroncoNut]

Prater certainly wasn't the "Lonesome Kicker" after that 64 yard field goal...

I love that song

[CrazyHorse]

I'm aware of the record. But his overall career performance is more impressive. Great kicker. I also like That Tucker fellow alot

Justin Tucker? The guy who ended our playoff run last year?

[MOtorboat]

It's 2013, brother, there are ways around this dilemma.

Not all of us are young Repubicans making bank, buffenator.

[Broncolingus]

Really glad the NFL and Pro Football HOF got this expedited to recognize an NFL player that broke a longstanding record...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153568806315510&set=a.500737740509.391582.119469655509&type=1&theater

...too bad there weren't any other longstanding records broken that weekend worthy of recognition :tsk:

[Dapper Dan]

Really glad the NFL and Pro Football HOF got this expedited to recognize an NFL player that broke a longstanding record...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153568806315510&set=a.500737740509.391582.119469655509&type=1&theater

...too bad there weren't any other longstanding records broken that weekend worthy of recognition :tsk:

Isn't that only a team record?

[Joel]

Isn't that only a team record?
Yup; it's not even in the top 50 single game rushing performances overall, and that's with a LOT of ties in the later part of the list: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_single_game.htm

It's more a statement of how bereft the Eagles have been of good runners for the past 60 years than how great McCoy did. Not that 217 yds in a game isn't impressive, but Peterson has the NFL record with 296, and had 200 the last game of last year (ironically, 217, or even the 210 he had the first time they played GB, would've given him the season record.) I honestly don't know why Canton cares about team rather than NFL records, however old they may be. Surely they don't have the jersey of each player who holds a record for all 32 teams.

[Broncolingus]

Yup; it's not even in the top 50 single game rushing performances overall, and that's with a LOT of ties in the later part of the list: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_single_game.htm

It's more a statement of how bereft the Eagles have been of good runners for the past 60 years than how great McCoy did. Not that 217 yds in a game isn't impressive, but Peterson has the NFL record with 296, and had 200 the last game of last year (ironically, 217, or even the 210 he had the first time they played GB, would've given him the season record.) I honestly don't know why Canton cares about team rather than NFL records, however old they may be. Surely they don't have the jersey of each player who holds a record for all 32 teams.

...well, all I can say is thank God they got that (McCoy's stuff) put up pronto!!!

...they can get around to Prater's kick here sometime, but certainly no rush or priority...

#f*ckem!

[Dapper Dan]

McCoy sucks

[Broncolingus]

McCoy sucks

...he's a f*cking pr!ck.


http://www.ibtimes.com/eagles-rb-lesean-mccoy-doesnt-regret-knowshon-moreno-criticism-knowshon-sucks-tweet-what-i-said-what