Prater > Bass

[Kaenon]

I'm not a Bass hater, but after he kicked that Miami game-winning FG last season (only game I went to last year), his post-game presser he said he kicks every kick the same regardless of the distance made me quite concerned.

 

Do other kickers do this? I don't feel like they do.

[ChevyVanMiller]

[Dunkirk Donski]

I miss Van Miller.  I could hear his voice as that kick sailed through the uprights.  RIP

[zow2]

Let's face it, if Prater keeps making the gimmes and XP's they will find a reason to keep Bass IR'd or whatever.  Teams don't mess with kickers if they are going well.  But Prater will have some adversity at some point.  For now his XP's and kicks look down the middle and not tailing off to the right like Bass sometimes does.

[Shortchaz]

I miss watching bass trying to kick the ball out of the stadium on 30 yard field goals. 

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

I don't hate Bass and he's had some clutch moments but it was nice to have a kicker out there and to not have heart palpitations

[That's No Moon]

8 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I enjoyed how he made it look so easy. 

I enjoyed that when the camera cut to him in the sideline a couple minutes before the kick he looked like a corporate sponsor that got loose on the sideline. Matt from Logistics.

[jlgarsh]

8 hours ago, GolfandBills said:

What’s Praters range these days?  I remember years ago he was very good from 50+

They said in pre-game warmups he made a 53 yarder going in the direction of his game winner. Not sure about the opposite end but that's good enough for me.

[That's No Moon]

8 hours ago, SectionC3 said:

I didn't worry about him on the game winner.  The hold?  Yeah.  I was concerned.  But on a running clock to win a bananas game like that, to not worry about the kicker was a cool thing -

Robbins did a great job last night because there were at least two sketchy snaps.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

8 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:

I just watched last year's divisional round playoff against the Ravens, and Bass drilled both his FG's and essentially won us the game.  ***** all y'all.

Thank you. Bass has been great since he went wide right against the Chiefs. He looks like a nervous wreck, but the results speak for themselves. Let’s not forget the walk off 61 yarder against the Dolphins ! People are so quick to turn on a player. 

[bills6969]

25 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Let's face it, if Prater keeps making the gimmes and XP's they will find a reason to keep Bass IR'd or whatever.  Teams don't mess with kickers if they are going well.  But Prater will have some adversity at some point.  For now his XP's and kicks look down the middle and not tailing off to the right like Bass sometimes does.

Can they keep Bass on the IR if he’s technically not injured?

[Freddie's Dead]

34 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Thank you. Bass has been great since he went wide right against the Chiefs. He looks like a nervous wreck, but the results speak for themselves. Let’s not forget the walk off 61 yarder against the Dolphins ! People are so quick to turn on a player. 

 

Butbutbut, he missed a 20-yarder at Detroit!!  This just in, FG kickers miss kicks from any distance.

[That's No Moon]

1 hour ago, bills6969 said:

Can they keep Bass on the IR if he’s technically not injured?

Technically no. If Bass fought it he could force them to release him.

[davefan66]

Nice kicking motion. Kicks were straight and true. Prefer to have him be our kicker until he can’t.
 

I’ll say this, Bass doesn’t connect on all those kicks.

[sullim4]

One thing to keep in mind - the K ball rule has changed this season.  You can now prep the balls before the day of the game - this is going to significantly help kickers get balls that will travel longer distances.

 

This change will help an older guy like Prater maintain his ability to kick longer field goals.

[Success]

There is just something about Bass's kicks.  His percentage is fine, but quite a few just seem to be fading right, even on PAT's. 

 

It was just good to see someone nailing the easy ones down the middle.

 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

10 minutes ago, Success said:

There is just something about Bass's kicks.  His percentage is fine, but quite a few just seem to be fading right, even on PAT's. 

 

It was just good to see someone nailing the easy ones down the middle.

 

I would agree with this, Bass has a high percentage that fade. 

[DapperCam]

Bass has more leg for sure, but even routine kicks have me hiding behind my hands and watching through my fingers.

 

Prater seems to split the uprights with no drama.

[The Frankish Reich]

I have nothing against Bass. I think he's a very good kicker.

But bringing in a 41 year old with about 36 hours to prepare and having him kick a long FG and a highly pressured (remember: no TO to allow the FG team to come on) game winner tells me that maybe we overpay "very good" kickers.

Bass is not peak Justin Tucker or Harrison Butker. Those guys are special. So was peak Matt Prater.

[pigpen65]

Haven't trusted Bass for a season and a half now. You watch other games and other teams kickers are just routinely knocking in clutch kicks. The Bills need a better kicker. I would be fine with Prater the rest of this season but they will need somebody else to kick off. I don't think he got even one touchback. And that's in September. In a couple weeks when the wind picks up 41 year old leg strength ain't gonna cut it.