Top 6 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Kickers (Week 8)

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KICKERS

Written by Pat Fitzmaurice

Brandon Aubrey (DAL): 24% rostered

• Next Opponents: LAR, @PHI, NYG
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Aubrey is averaging 10.8 fantasy points per game, putting him among the leaders in that category. He’s a perfect 16-of-16 on field goals this year and 12-of-13 on extra points. Aubrey gets a Week 8 date with the Rams, who entered Week 7 having allowed the seventh-most fantasy points per game to opposing kickers.

Ka’imi Fairbairn (HOU): 5% rostered

• Next Opponents: @CAR, TB, @CIN
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: A model of consistency, Fairbairn is averaging 10.8 fantasy points per game and has scored no fewer than 8 points in any game this season. Fairbairn has made 17-of-18 FG attempts and 12-of-12 extra points. He draws a favorable Week 8 matchup against the Panthers, who rank 30th in defensive DVOA.

Dustin Hopkins (CLE): 17% rostered

• Next Opponents: @SEA, ARI, @BAL
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Hopkins entered Week 7 ranked third in fantasy points per game among kickers, then drilled four FGs and three PATs in the Browns’ win over the Colts’ on Sunday. Three of his four field goals on Sunday were from beyond 50 yards – two 54-yarders and a 58-yarder. Hopkins, who’s scored at least 9 fantasy points in five of his six games this season, gets decent matchups against the Seahawks and Cardinals the next two weeks.

Cameron Dicker (LAC): 22% rostered

• Next Opponents: CHI, @NYJ, DET
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Dicker seems like a good kicker option for Week 8. He plays for the high-scoring Chargers, who face the defensively unimposing Chicago Bears this Sunday. And Dicker has been extremely accurate through the first 17 games of his career, having made 29-of-31 field goals and 16-of-16 extra points. The only problem with Dicker is that his head coach, Brandon Staley often eschews FG opportunities to go for it on fourth down – which is why Dicker is not inside the top 20 in fantasy points per game among kickers.

Brandon McManus (JAX): 40% rostered

• Next Opponents: @PIT, BYE, SF
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: McManus is averaging 9.7 fantasy points per game. He’s playing for a Jacksonville squad that seems to have found its offensive footing in rattling off four straight wins, averaging 29.0 points per game over that stretch. Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field has a reputation of being a difficult place to kick, but McManus is still a solid kicker option for Week 8.

Matt Gay (IND): 18% rostered

• Next Opponents: NO, @CAR, @NE
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $1
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: The Colts have scored at least 20 points in all seven of their games this season, so they’re giving Gay a lot of scoring opportunities. He’s booted 12-of-14 field goals and 18-of-18 extra points. Gay is a reasonable option this week against the Saints, who had allowed 10.2 fantasy points per game to opposing kickers going into Week 7.