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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Kicker
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Written by Pat Fitzmaurice
Jason Sanders (MIA): 44% rostered
- Next Opponents: LV, NE, @GB
- True value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa‘s return from a concussion has made Sanders a viable fantasy kicker once again. Sanders had two field goals and three extra points in each of Tua’s first two games back. This week, Sanders will be facing the Raiders, who are giving up 10.9 fantasy points per game to kickers.
Jake Bates (DET): 39% rostered
- Next Opponents: JAX, @IND, CHI
- True value: $1
- Desperate Need: $1
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: As we’ve noted before, the problem with using Bates is your kicker is that Lions head coach Dan Campbell is extremely aggressive when it comes to going for it on fourth down, which costs his kickers FG opportunities. But the Detroit offense is so good that Bates has been kicking a ton of extra points (30 in the Lions’ first eight games). Bates is a perfect 14-of-14 on field goals and hit two long ones Sunday night against the Texans (although both kicks just barely snuck inside the uprights). He gets a friendly Week 11 matchup against the Jaguars, who are giving up 26.4 points per game.
Brandon McManus (GB): 3% rostered
- Next Opponents: @CHI, SF, MIA
- True value: $1
- Desperate Need: $0
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: The Packers had been plagued by kicker woes for years, but McManus seems to have brought stability to the position. He had his first missed kick as a Packer in Week 9, but wet conditions may have contributed to the errant 46-yarder. McManus is 5-of-6 on field goals (with a couple of last-second game-winners) and 6-of-6 on extra points in his three games with Green Bay. The Packers visit Chicago this Sunday for a matchup with a Bears squad that has lost three straight games and seems to be collapsing.
Dustin Hopkins (CLE): 14% rostered
- Next Opponents: @NO, PIT, @DEN
- True value: $1
- Desperate Need: $1
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: The usually reliable Hopkins has missed three field goal attempts and one extra point in his last four games. But Hopkins gets a favorable Week 11 dome matchup against the Saints, who were giving up 11.6 fantasy points per game to kickers entering Week 11. Hopkins is tied to a Browns offense that has come to life with Jameis Winston replacing the injured Deshaun Watson at QB and with the return of RB Nick Chubb from injury.
- Next Opponents: ATL, @LV, CLE
- True value: $1
- Desperate Need: $1
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: Yes, we’re recommending Lutz even though he missed two field goals against the Chiefs on Sunday, including a blocked 35-yarder at the final gun that would have given the Broncos a win. In fairness, Lutz had only missed one other kick all season before his nightmarish Sunday in Kansas City. This week, he draws an excellent matchup against the Falcons, who have given up the most fantasy points to kickers this season.
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