The Arizona Cardinals made some roster moves on Wednesday, among which was the signing of kicker Rodrigo Blankenship from the practice squad to the active roster. That move makes it seem like kicker Matt Prater, who has been sidelined with a hip injury for three games, will miss a fourth game.
However, he might not. There is hope that Prater will be able to play, albeit on a limited basis.
The Cardinals could use two kickers, said head coach Kliff Kingsbury on Wednesday.
“(Prater) is day to day. It may be a deal where he doesn’t take the kickoffs if he can just kick field goals,” he said. “We’re not sure yet. We’ve got to get through the week and see where it goes, but we want to be really cautious with it at this point.”
Blankenship might handle kickoffs and Prater field goals if he has healed up enough to do that.
Assuming he is well enough to kick field goals, having Prater’s reliability on Sunday against the Vikings will be a welcome site after some of the kicking inconsistencies they have dealt with over the last three weeks.
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