The Buffalo Bills placed kicker Tyler Bass on injured reserve with a left hip/groin injury, the team announced Friday afternoon. Bass will now miss a minimum of four games, including Sunday's Week 1 matchup against the Ravens.
In all likelihood, that sets up veteran Kicker Matt Prater to fill in for Bass on Sunday. The Bills signed Prater to the team's practice squad earlier this week. In order to be eligible to play, Buffalo must either elevate Prater from the practice squad to the active roster by 4 p.m. Saturday or sign him to the active roster.
Prater can be elevated from the PS a maximum of three times before the team must choose to either sign him to the active roster or release him.
Prater has nearly 20 years of NFL experience and holds the record for most field goal makes from at least 50 yards with 81. His longest makes are from 62 and 64 yards out. He's made 407 of 487 (83.6%) field goals in his NFL career.
Bass was limited in Wednesday's practice and did not participate in Thursday or Friday's practice. Bills head coach Sean McDermott said Bass has been dealing with soreness in the affected area.
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Keon Coleman (0). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17), Shane Buechele (6). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Shane Buechele (6), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Shane Buechele (6), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dion Dawkins (73). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Tyrell Shavers (14). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dalton Kincaid (86). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Mitchell Trubisky (11). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
James Cook (4). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Connor McGovern (66), Dion Dawkins (73). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
T.J. Sanders (98). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Dion Dawkins (73), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Jackson Hawes (85), Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dawson Knox (88). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Curtis Samuel (1). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Curtis Samuel (1). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Damar Hamlin (3). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Joshua Palmer (5). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Elijah Moore (18). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dion Dawkins (73), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Keon Coleman (0). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Mitchell Trubisky (11). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Shane Buechele (6). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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James Cook (4). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Taron Johnson (7). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Ty Johnson (26). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Elijah Moore (18). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Joshua Palmer (5). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Tyrell Shavers (14). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dawson Knox (88). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Brandon Beane, Cris Collinsworth. Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
James Cook (4), Elijah Moore (18), Keon Coleman (0). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Ty Johnson (26). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Jalen Kimber (38). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Matt Prater (15). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Ty Johnson (26). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dawson Knox (88). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17), Dawson Knox (88). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Joe Brady, Tyrell Shavers (14). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dawson Knox (88). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Taron Johnson (7), Taylor Rapp (9). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Taron Johnson (7). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
James Cook (4). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Taron Johnson (7). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Elijah Moore (18). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Elijah Moore (18). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
O'Cyrus Torrence (64). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
O'Cyrus Torrence (64). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
James Cook (4). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
James Cook (4). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
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Alec Anderson (70). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Frank Gore Jr (20). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Frank Gore Jr (20). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Joe Brady. Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Sedrick Van Pran-Granger (62), Kendrick Green (53). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Connor McGovern (66), Dion Dawkins (73). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Cole Bishop (24). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Taylor Rapp (9), Cole Bishop (24). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dorian Williams (42). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Jackson Hawes (85), Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dalton Kincaid (86). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Spencer Brown (79), David Edwards (76), O'Cyrus Torrence (64), Ray Davis (22). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dion Dawkins (73), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Dion Dawkins (73), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Taron Johnson (7). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Damar Hamlin (3). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Matt Milano (58). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Javon Solomon (56), Terrel Bernard (8), Matt Milano (58), Ja'Marcus Ingram (46). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
O'Cyrus Torrence (64), Dion Dawkins (73), Dawson Knox (88), Connor McGovern (66), Dalton Kincaid (86), Spencer Brown (79). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Jordan Poyer (21), Taylor Rapp (9), Cole Bishop (24), Taron Johnson (7). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Jordan Poyer (21), Taylor Rapp (9), Cole Bishop (24), Taron Johnson (7). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
Jordan Poyer (21), Cam Lewis (39), Taylor Rapp (9), Cole Bishop (24), Taron Johnson (7). Buffalo Bills Week 1 Practice, September 05, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
