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The Official Kicker (K) Thread (17 Viewers)
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Unless one of those fans is Buffalo Bill, and he has used the other fans skins to form a dome, I don't see how people can cut down on wind.
Updating this, Mason Crosby was activated over a week ago...
https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/15/packers-k-mason-crosby-activated-from-reserve-covid-19-list/
Copied & pasted from Rotoworld
Sixth-round rookie Tyler Bass has won the Bills' kicking competition.
Bass beat out veteran Stephen Hauschka. If teams use a draft pick on a kicker, they are usually going to win the job, but Bass was a bit of a head-scratching pick. He enters the league out of small-school Georgia Southern having converted just 20-of-28 kicks as a redshirt senior. The Bills are obviously in love with his leg, while Bass did convert 114-of-116 college extra points. The lack of fans early in the season could help a young kicker gain confidence.
Aug 27, 2020, 4:23 PM ET
Sixth-round rookie Tyler Bass has won the Bills' kicking competition.
Bass beat out veteran Stephen Hauschka. If teams use a draft pick on a kicker, they are usually going to win the job, but Bass was a bit of a head-scratching pick. He enters the league out of small-school Georgia Southern having converted just 20-of-28 kicks as a redshirt senior. The Bills are obviously in love with his leg, while Bass did convert 114-of-116 college extra points. The lack of fans early in the season could help a young kicker gain confidence.
Aug 27, 2020, 4:23 PM ET
Copied & pasted from Rotoworld
Bills released K Stephen Hauschka.
Rookie sixth-rounder Tyler Bass has won the Bills' kicking competition. That was always going to happen as long as Bass did not face plant in camp. Hauschka's release clears $1.55 million in cap space while leaving behind $1.5 million in dead money. 35-year-old Hauschka was sub-80 percent on field goals each of the past two seasons. Buffalo is a tough place to kick, but that will eventually earn you your walking papers as an NFL kicker. Hauschka will still undoubtedly be one of the first players teams host for a workout when they need a kicker.
Aug 27, 2020, 4:09 PM ET
Bills released K Stephen Hauschka.
Rookie sixth-rounder Tyler Bass has won the Bills' kicking competition. That was always going to happen as long as Bass did not face plant in camp. Hauschka's release clears $1.55 million in cap space while leaving behind $1.5 million in dead money. 35-year-old Hauschka was sub-80 percent on field goals each of the past two seasons. Buffalo is a tough place to kick, but that will eventually earn you your walking papers as an NFL kicker. Hauschka will still undoubtedly be one of the first players teams host for a workout when they need a kicker.
Aug 27, 2020, 4:09 PM ET
Ray Barboni
Footballguy
Trading FOR kickers is weird. Don’t be weird.
You will just as easy be able to find a suitable kicker on the WW. Or at the very least? You’ll also do just fine streaming, or playing matchups.
ffmail4me
Footballguy
I just traded away Fournette for Gibson and the Ravens Kicker (along with $15 BBID) but the kicker was definitely an asset in my view (not a worthless throw in), especially if you play in a league that starts a kicker and I didn't have one.
ZWK
Footballguy
I'd offer a 3rd, or try to get him as a throw-in on a larger trade.
Gostkowski offered a pretty nice edge on the field year after year - I'm in a 0.5 PPR league where I estimate that his career was worth about as much as Randall Cobb, Knowshon Moreno, Leonard Fournette, or Stefon Diggs have been so far. So definitely seems worth the effort to try to get Butker or Tucker, whose skills & teams give them a shot to be that sort of difference-maker.
Denver724
Footballguy
Matt Gay, #5 K on this list, was just released. Has to be tough being a K in the NFL. What have you done for me lately!
Anarchy99
Footballguy
That list was not very good. There are training camp battles going on all over the place. Tampa might be the 5th best spot for a fantasy kicker, but it was evident the Bucs were not happy with Gay and brought in competition. Similarly, NE is going to end up with Folk not the rookie they drafted.
The bolded has happened too...
Rams waived RB John Kelly, DB Adonis Alexander, LB Daniel Bituli, TE Kendall Blanton, C Cohl Cabral, OG Jamill Demby, WR Earnest Edwards, DB Jake Gervase, K Lirim Hajrullahu, DB Juju Hughes, OG Jeremiah Kolone, WR J.J. Koski, DB Dayan Lake, K Austin MacGinnis, DB Tyrique McGhee, LB Derrick Moncrief, and WR Easop Winston.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Saw an update that Succup won the K job in TB. I finally got a piece of that offense in the last round of my draft! 
I hear ya. It's FF's version of set it and forget it. Jason Hanson played 21 straight seasons for the Lions. And Justin Tucker is the only kicker in NFL history with at least 100 attempts to be over 90%. The Ravens would be wise to pay him whatever he wants.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
LOL at NE. They cut both their kickers. Lots of confusion as to what they are doing. It could (should) mean they want to give someone else a roster spot to get that player onto IR and then bring back Folk. Others thing they will scramble to tryout other kickers. However, Folk was very good last year when they brought him in and also the last few weeks in camp. I still think Folk will end up being the Patriots kicker.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
That mostly goes without saying, but he may end up on the practice squad. It’s generally not a great idea to draft a kicker in the first place.Wasted 5 th round pick.
The Patriots are woefully short at WR on the depth chart after Edelman and Harry.Wasted 5 th round pick.
Here are the WR who were picked after they used their fifth round pick on Rohrwasser:
Tyler Johnson
Collin Johnson
Quintez Cephus
John Hightower
Isaiah Coulter
Darnell Mooney
K.J. Osborn
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Oh ye of little faith. Byrd will turn into another find and reclamation project. And don’t rule out a trade.
What is worse is they traded a 2020 second for Sanu, who they just cut. They could have had Denzel Mims with that pick.
https://patriotswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/28/who-was-available-in-2nd-round-if-the-patriots-hadnt-traded-for-mohamed-sanu/
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I don’t want to soil an otherwise perfectly fine kicker thread, but NE has a pretty spotty record in terms of 2nd round picks. They could just have easily used the pick and whiffed.What is worse is they traded a 2020 second for Sanu, who they just cut. They could have had Denzel Mims with that pick.
https://patriotswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/28/who-was-available-in-2nd-round-if-the-patriots-hadnt-traded-for-mohamed-sanu/
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The Man With No Name
Footballguy
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Might be the homer in me but I say Boswell. In 2017 he finished 4th, in 2018 he had the yips and was terrible, and finished 8th last year when the Steelers were last in Red Zone offense and 27th in scoring offense.
rankings are dependent on league specific scoring systems of course
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Anarchy99
Footballguy
From 2007-2018, Gostkowski had a VBD score of 258 points. That’s obviously very good and worked out to an average of 23 points per year. As has been debated in other threads over the years, the question becomes is it the environment or is it the kicker? In Gostkowski’s case, I would say it was the Patriots offense. In Tucker’s case, I think it’s been more him than the offense most years.
Keith1
Footballguy
How about Succop ? Throw out last season when he was obviously hurt, but before that he was real solid. He has the latest possible bye this season (week 13) so you can "set it and forget it", he doesn't have any potential bad weather games at all after week 10, and with Brady at QB now, the Bucs are going to cut down on the turnovers and necessarily end up with more FG attempts. As it is, last year, had Gay not missed so many kicks, the Bucs would have been # 5 in kicker scoring.
Ray Barboni
Footballguy
Nah I mostly play dynasty as well. I must’ve misread the post that I quoted - thought OP was strictly trying to trade for a K. No package deal.
For example I made this trade (Dynasty) in the off-season:
Gave: 1st/2nd 2021 picks
Got: Drake/Diggs/Shepard/Legatron/$20 auction cash
Throwing in a kicker to spice up, or hide the fact you are after a Kicker is always a great move.
Sorry if I misunderstood the post I quoted. Like I said, I though buddy was simply trying to trade for a kicker with no sort of package deal.
To get back on topic? What do you guys think about Greg the Leg in Dallas? Seems like he can regain his previous elite status IMO ... that offense should always be moving.
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