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Buffalo Bills starting kicker Tyler Bass has missed the entire season due to injury.
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They may have to start the postseason without replacement Matt Pratt.
Pratt re-injured his right quadriceps in the Bills’ Week 18 win over the New York Jets.
The Bills signed kicker Matthew Wright to the practice squad on Tuesday, according to the league’s official trade wire.
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Pratt gets calls from head coach Sean McDermott every day. The Bills take on the Jaguars in Jacksonville on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Their first official injury report from practice will be released Wednesday.
Wright, 29, played football at UCF in college.
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He has played in a total of 33 NFL games, including four this season.
Wright has played for the Steelers, Chiefs, Titans, Jaguars, Texans, Panthers, 49ers and Commanders.
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For his career, he is 60-for-68 from the field, or 88.2% from the field. He was 7-for-11 on plays of 50 or more yards, including a career-long 59 yards.
His career extra point mark is also 45-for-47.
The Bills had already tried Michael Bagley for two weeks when Pratt was initially injured, and now they’ll try to make Wright better.
Wright played 14 games for the Jaguars in 2021 and will now return to Jacksonville for this postseason game. He was 21-of-24 for the Jaguars.
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