Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Kickers (Week 16)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Kicker

KICKERS

Written by Pat Fitzmaurice

Chase McLaughlin (TB): 49% rostered

Next Opponents: @DAL, CAR, NO
True value: $2
Desperate Need: $3
Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: McLaughlin was dialed in Sunday in the Buccaneers’ 40-17 demolition of the Chargers, going 4-for-4 on field goals and 4-for-4 on extra points. He’s been money all season for the Bucs, converting 92.6% of his FG attempts and 95.5% of his PATs. McLaughlin is averaging 9.4 fantasy points a game and gets terrific matchups the next two weeks. Going into Week 15, the Cowboys had allowed the seventh-most fantasy points to kickers, and the Panthers had allowed the second-most.

Will Lutz (DEN): 18% rostered

Next Opponents: @LAC, @CIN, KC
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Lutz has been a prolific and reliable fantasy kicker this season. He entered Week 15 tied for fifth in fantasy points per game among kickers with 9.7, then made his only field goal attempt and all four of his PATs in Denver’s 31-13 win over Indianapolis. For the season, Lutz is 27-of-30 on field goals and a perfect 35-of-35 on extra points. He’ll have excellent kicking conditions in Los Angeles this week, where he’ll face a Chargers squad that just yielded four field goals and four extra points to the Buccaneers’ Chase McLaughlin.

Cade York (CIN): 5% rostered

Next Opponents: CLE, DEN @PIT
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Filling in for the injured Evan McPherson, York is 3-of-3 on field goals and 7-of-8 on extra points in two games with the Bengals. York’s career success rate on field goals is a mediocre 73% on 37 attempts. But the appeal is that York is attached to the high-powered and red-hot Cincinnati offense, which has averaged 34 points over its last six games.

Brandon McManus (GB): 20% rostered

Next Opponents: NO, @MIN, CHI
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: McManus is 11-of-12 on field goals and a perfect 20-of-20 on extra points since joining the Packers. He’s tied to a potent offense, and McManus gets an attractive Week 16 matchup against the Saints, who’ll be heavy underdogs in that game. There are two potential pitfalls with McManus, however. First, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is extremely aggressive on fourth downs, often passing up FG opportunities to go for it. Second, the weather in Green Bay in late December is often inclement, sometimes making for suboptimal kicking conditions.

Will Reichard (MIN): 9% rostered

Next Opponents: @SEA, GB, @DET
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Dare we recommend a kicker who has missed his last three attempts? Well, going into his Monday-night game against the Bears, Reichard was averaging 9.1 fantasy points per game and had kicked multiple field goals in 5-of-8 games this season. Reichard is tethered to a strong offense, and Vikings kickers have combined for 128 fantasy points, fifth-most in the league. We believe he’s streamable despite the recent slump.