Matt Prater will be named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, the Broncos learned on Tuesday, for his Week 12 performance in a 26-6 victory over the New York Giants.
Prater connected on all four of his field goal attempts (26, 32, 47, 24) in Thursday’s Thanksgiving night matchup and sent all seven of his kickoffs into the end zone, resulting in a career-high five touchbacks.
When all was said and done in Week 12, Prater accounted for 14 of the team’s 26 points on the evening, another career best for the third-year kicker.
Prater is the second Bronco to be named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week this season. Following a standout special teams performance against San Diego in Week 6, Eddie Royal won the same weekly NFL award.
This is not Prater’s first special teams honor of the season. After connecting on 7-of-9 field goal attempts during the month of September, Prater was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for the opening month of the 2009 season.
This is Prater’s second player of the week award of his three-year NFL career. He also was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week last season in recognition of his Week 5 effort vs. Tampa Bay on Oct. 5, 2008.
– Zach Eisendrath, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: afc, Matt Prater, player of the week, Special Teams, Week 12
Congrats Prater!
Prater is looking incredible each and every week! Keep it up man!
Ah, Prater’s progress is good to see! He hasn’t made many game-winning kicks this year, but he’s been a lot more consistent overall. I hope he continues to improve and am glad to have him as a part of the team. Keep it up, Prater!
I should also point out that Prater hasn’t been asked to kick many game winning kicks, either…so he hasn’t had to. It’s not like he missed any either, it’s just that most of Denver’s victories have been pretty lopsided. So have our losses, now that I think about it…
Way to go Prater!!! We need to vote for Matt for the pro bowl. Vanateri is the leading vote getter and he has missed over a month do to injury. Chris McCalister is playing for NO. he looked better than Ty Law.
Royalblue, how can you say he hasn’t kicked a game winning Field Goal???… remember the game vs New England???
Congrats, Prater.
Congrats Matt, it’s a good thing that some of us remember that game winner against the Pats. you deserve to be a part of the team. Keep up the good work and we should see some awards coming your way.
GO ORANGE AND BLUE!!!!!!!!!!
Keep the level Matt!
Go Broncooos!
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