<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-arizona-makes-kicking-change-amid-injury-to-matt-prater/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals make kicking change amid injury to Matt Prater');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Cardinals-news-Arizona-makes-kicking-change-amid-injury-to-Matt-Prater.jpeg"></figure><h1>Cardinals make kicking change amid injury to Matt Prater</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-10-04T11:52:38-07:00">October 4th, 11:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-10-04T11:53:07-07:00">October 4th, 11:53am</time><address><a>Karl Rasmussen</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Arizona Cardinals will be without Matt Prater on Sunday as their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/top-10-fantasy-football-kickers-in-2022-ranked/">placekicker</a> deals with a hip injury. With Prater sidelined for the Week 5 clash against the Eagles, the Cardinals were exploring options to bring in a potential replacement. <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1577364996732104704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577364996732104704%7Ctwgr%5Ea81d97a66954193f9ce635ff88449611727ce77c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">According to Tom Pelissero</a>, the Cardinals are signing former Chiefs kicker Matt Ammendola to the practice squad.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">With kicker Matt Prater battling a hip injury, the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cardinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cardinals</a> plan to sign Matt Ammendola to the practice squad, per source. </p><p>Another fill-in opportunity for Ammendola, who most recently took Harrison Butker’s place for a couple weeks in Kansas City.</p><p>— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1577364996732104704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Ammendola will be filling in for Prater in Week 5, occupying a similar role to that which he held with the Chiefs earlier in the season. In two games with the Chiefs, serving as their kicker while Harrison Butker was on the mend, Ammendola went 3-for-4 on field goal attempts and 3-for-4 on extra points.</p><p>Ammendola was let go after Butker returned to the fold, but now he’ll be filling in for Prater while the Cardinals’ kicker recovers from the hip injury he sustained at practice. In four games this year, Prater has gone a perfect 6-for-6 on field goal attempts with a long of 49 yards. He’s also drilled all four of his extra-point attempts.</p><p>The Cardinals are hopeful that Prater’s injury won’t sideline him for too long, but until the veteran is ready to return to the field, it’ll most likely be Matt Ammendola handling kicking duties. The Cardinals are slated to face the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 5 in what figures to be a high-scoring affair. Ammendola will need to be locked in and ready to roll, as a crucial kick could come up at any moment during the game on Sunday.</p><p>Prior to his stint with the Chiefs and Cardinals, Ammendola spent the 2021 season with the New York Jets, featuring in 11 games. He went 13-for-19 on field goal attempts with a long of 49 yards.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals stars Deandre Hopkins, Matt Prater honor Demaryius Thomas with touching gesture on MNF');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Cardinals-news-Deandre-Hopkins-Matt-Prater-honor-Demaryius-Thomas-with-touching-gesture-on-MNF.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals stars Deandre Hopkins, Matt Prater honor Demaryius Thomas with touching gesture on MNF</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-13T16:48:24-08:00">December 13th, 4:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-13T16:49:18-08:00">December 13th, 4:49pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Arizona Cardinals take on the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night and for Deandre Hopkins and Matt Prater, it was an opportunity to honor the memory of the recently departed Demaryius Thomas.</p><p>Hopkins and Prater, who were both teammates with Thomas at one point in their respective careers, will have DT’s No. 88 on their helmets on Monday against the Rams (h/t B/R <a href="https://twitter.com/brgridiron/status/1470536005371539462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1470536005371539462%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Fnfl">Gridiron</a>):</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Arizona’s Deandre Hopkins and Matt Prater will both be wearing a decal to honor former teammate Demaryius Thomas</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/CardsMarkD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@CardsMarkD</a>)<a href="https://t.co/YydtfugGJG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/YydtfugGJG</a></p><p>— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) <a href="https://twitter.com/brgridiron/status/1470536005371539462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 13, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Hopkins shared the field with Thomas in 2018 when the latter spent the second half of the 2018 season with the Houston Texans. Their time together as teammates may have been short-lived, but it is clear that Thomas had quite an impact on the Cardinals star.</p><p>Matt Prater, on the other hand, was teammates with Thomas for four years with the Denver Broncos. He too considers his ex-teammate to be a friend and it is evident that he’s mourning the untimely passing of Thomas as well.</p><p>Demaryius Thomas died on Thursday at just 33. His family has since released a statement about his cause of death. According to DT’s cousin, the former Super Bowl champ died from a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/broncos-news-demaryius-thomas-family-releases-statement-on-suspected-cause-of-death/" rel="noopener">seizure</a> inside his own home.</p><p>Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Demaryius Thomas, his family, and friends during these difficult times.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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