Matt Prater came up short and paid the price, not once but twice. His attempt to break his own record for a longest field goal in NFL history—a 64-yarder in Denver’s thin air eight years ago—backfired Sunday when a former teammate returned his missed 68-yard attempt in Jacksonville’s heavy air a record-tying 109 yards for a touchdown on the last play of the first half. Prater’s third-quarter field goal from half that distance ignited the Cardinals’ comeback from a 13–7 halftime deficit that sent the Jaguars to their 18th consecutive loss. But his record fell anyway. A thousand miles north, in Detroit’s climate-controlled Ford Field, where Prater plied his craft for the last seven seasons, Baltimore’s Justin Tucker, the most accurate kicker in league history, lined up at his own 40-yard line with three seconds left. His holder was at the Ravens 44, and the snapper at the Lions 48 …
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