"Remember when Matt Prater was a young kicker, how he was money from 50 yards and beyond, but scary in the 35-to-45 range? He does. "Oh, yeah, I definitely remember all that stuff," Prater said. He doesn't miss them anymore. The Broncos beat Tennessee, 26-20 on Sunday in large part because Prater was 4-for-4 in field goals. His distances: 36, 36, 35 and 36 yards. For the year, Prater is a perfect 8-for-8 on his field-goal attempts — 5-for-5 in the 30-39 range. "Field goals went all right, but kickoffs were an issue," Prater said. "I'm not happy with the way I kicked off." On the final kickoff, Prater didn't hit the ball well, and it floated into the wind. Titans returner Marc Mariani, who for a while was the game's hero with a 98-yard kickoff return, muffed the quirky boot, and the Broncos' Cassius Vaughn recovered to all but clinch the victory." Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_16243770
