Cards re-sign Matt Prater and Corey Clement

[Arz101]

lol

 

[Cardinal88]

Depending on the money, I don’t have a problem with his return. He was pretty solid and had a lot of touchbacks so he has the leg strength. My main concern is a nagging hip injury. That’s not good for anyone let along a NFL kicker.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Maybe Prater will provide a strong veteran presence for all of our coaches who are younger than him. That's all I got.

Ha! Nice.

We are rebuilding. Kicker is far from a high priority if you ask me.

youre right. Which is why it makes no sense making it a priority to sign one on the second day of FA, to a two year deal with a mediocre/injury prone old man.

 

[Phrazbit]

This goes a long way to make sure we put points on the board.

31-0 looks a lot worse than 31-6.

 

[Dr. Jones]

My take on re-signing Prater: In a tank year..... It's super important to make sure you lose the close ones.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Prater has no ego. Let’s give him 2 years.

It's really just a year...lol

 

[slanidrac16]

You want to draft one?

Personally I would rather use picks on other positions.

UDFA

 

[BritCard]

Oh sweet… just gonna keep going with the ancient kicker who’s been mediocre /injured for three seasons and give him 2 years while we’re at it.

Dope.

Prater was top 10 in the league last year. Made 88% of his kicks including 5 of 6 over 50 yards.

Has missed 4 games in 8 years.

Dope.

 

[BritCard]

Maybe they could have used that 3.25 and made up the gap between the 13mil for Allen and the 15mil he signed for.

Loser franchise.

Can Allen kick too?

 

[Harry]

Maybe they could have used that 3.25 and made up the gap between the 13mil for Allen and the 15mil he signed for.

Loser franchise.

Can Allen kick too? Brit beat me to it. Ha!

 

[Russ Smith]

Prater was great 5 years ago but at his age he's not reliable both injury wise and he has that built in movement on his kicks that seems to have gotten worse with age.

I would have moved on.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Prater was great 5 years ago but at his age he's not reliable both injury wise and he has that built in movement on his kicks that seems to have gotten worse with age.

I would have moved on.

Nothing about his contract says they can't bring in competition.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[CardsFan88]

Monti's free agency strategy so far re: not re-signing Allen but signing the others.

Spoiler: NSFW

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[Card4Life]

Prater hit at an 88% clip when he was healthy. If he can stay healthy he is a solid kicker. I really thought he would retire after last season.

Agree he's a good kicker when healthy. The problem is he's 39 and will only become more injury prone moving forward. If we are in rebuild mode, I would have rather saved the money and signed a rookie FA or someone on the cheap.

 

[QuebecCard]

Agree he's a good kicker when healthy. The problem is he's 39 and will only become more injury prone moving forward. If we are in rebuild mode, I would have rather saved the money and signed a rookie FA or someone on the cheap.

Pennywise and pound foolish, as the Brits say.

You get what you pay for, as was proven last season when Prater was out.

Rebuild doesn't mean we're deliberately in the losing mode.

 

[Card4Life]

Pennywise and pound foolish, as the Brits say.

You get what you pay for, as was proven last season when Prater was out.

Rebuild doesn't mean we're deliberately in the losing mode.

Not at all. Would have spent the money on a higher priority positional need.

 

[QuebecCard]

Not at all. Would have spent the money on a higher priority positional need.

Still got to make 'dem kicks.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Pennywise and pound foolish, as the Brits say.

You get what you pay for, as was proven last season when Prater was out.

Rebuild doesn't mean we're deliberately in the losing mode.

We got what we paid for with Prater also… mediocrity and injury prone. Yay!

 

[Dayman]

What total rebuild doesn't need a 39-year-old kicker and a 29-year-old running back?

 

[Cheesebeef]

What total rebuild doesn't need a 39-year-old kicker and a 29-year-old running back?

Lol.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

We got what we paid for with Prater also… mediocrity and injury prone. Yay!

He's not injury prone but Zach Allen is, lol.

 

[QuebecCard]

We got what we paid for with Prater also… mediocrity and injury prone. Yay!

See: #33

 

[BritCard]

#Cardinals signing K Matt Prater to a two-year, $7.5M deal with $4M guaranteed

I believe this is what he was paid before. Can easily be a one year deal.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

#Cardinals signing K Matt Prater to a two-year, $7.5M deal with $4M guaranteed

I believe this is what he was paid before. Can easily be a one year deal.

So is it about guaranteed money or total contract? With Allen, you said he's getting his 45 mill. With Prater, it's easily moved on after 1 year.
I'm saying Allen is getting 32 Mill and Prater is getting 4mill unless they outplay their expectations.