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ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 05: Matt Prater #15 of the Buffalo Bills looks on before the game against the New England Patriots at Highmark Stadium on October 05, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)
The Buffalo Bills head into their bye week with a 5-1 record, and they beat the Los Angeles Rams in Week 5.
A big reason the Bills beat the Rams was that their kicker, Harrison Mevis, missed two field goals. One in the first quarter, and one in overtime, which would have won the game for the Rams.
After the Rams lost to the Bills, they parted ways with Mevis and signed Blake Grupe, but he didn’t last long in Los Angeles.
Grupe suffered a knee injury in the Rams’ Week 6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, and Los Angeles placed him on injured reserve on Monday.
Now that the Rams are in need of a kicker, they can call on a former Bill to fill the role.
According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, the Rams working out kickers Brandon McManus and Matt Prater on Tuesday.
“The Rams are working veteran kickers Brandon McManus and Matt Prater tomorrow, sources say. More than three decades of NFL experience combined between the two as Sean McVay & Co. look for a replacement for the injured Blake Grupe,” Garafolo wrote in X.
Prater spent the 2025 Season With the Bills
Prater spent 19 years in the NFL, including seven seasons with the Detroit Lions, seven with the Denver Broncos, four with the Arizona Cardinals, one with the Atlanta Falcons, and the 2025 season with the Buffalo Bills. He made the Pro Bowl twice, in 2013 and 2016, once in Denver and once in Detroit.
The 42-year-old kicker appeared in 15 games for the Bills last season, making 46 of 49 extra points and 18 of 20 field goals. Bills kicker Tyler Bass will miss the 2025 season with a pelvic/sports hernia injury.
Danny Fisher Is a football journalist covering the Buffalo Bills for Heavy.com. He covered the NFL for Gridiron Heroics, focused on the AFC and Penn State football for Nittany Central. More about Danny Fisher