Fantasy football: Where do kickers fit in?

Look, we have now to be sincere: We don’t have loads to supply on this matter.

Should you’re coming to the Madman for fantasy recommendation about drafting kickers, it’s kind of like asking an accountant in the event you ought to spend two $5 greenback payments or 5 $2 greenback payments for a $10 buy: Yeah, we have now just a little data  about the subject material, however the query itself is meaningless.

Right here’s our recommendation: Don’t draft them. What we imply is, don’t be part of a league that has kickers on rosters. Or if you have already got joined, waste no time with analysis or who or when to draft. And when it comes time to draft, don’t sweat whether or not you bought the choose proper or now, as a result of chances are high distant you finish the season with the identical kicker you began with.

Now, to be honest, we should acknowledge that the Ravens’  Justin Tucker is a unique sort of kicker. What sort of kicker is he? Nicely, he’s one which at all times stays within the prime 10, and sometimes within the prime 5. You understand what that’s price?

It’s price buying and selling up from late within the final spherical to early within the final spherical to get him. What? Your league doesn’t do this sort of factor? How would a deal like that even work?

All authentic questions with out stable solutions, as a result of there’s so little distinction in kickers, and since there’s ample variance in year-to-year manufacturing in order that none are actually dependable.

Oh, proper, proper, proper. Tucker is extremely dependable, you’re proper. And we’ll ask once more: What are we keen to surrender for these assured additional 3-4 factors throughout a whole season? Nothing. Just about nothing. When he will get picked, we groan. That’s what he’s price: a groan.

However in the event you’re trapped in a poorly commished league, stubbornly dedicated to an outdated roster format, otherwise you’re studying this in 2005, listed here are some bare-bones standards of easy methods to rank kickers to your draft:

1. Justin Tucker. After which in no explicit order:

2. Offenses which might be more likely to battle within the purple zone (already, you’re coping with wild variance, however determine Raiders, Falcons, Patriots, Panthers kickers).

3. Groups that rating loads (Chiefs, Payments, Eagles, Bengals).

4. Kickers with robust legs (Jets, Giants, Falcons, Jaguars, Commanders).

5. Anybody named “Anderson” (as a result of we nonetheless keep in mind Morton and Gary).

6. Does Adam Vinatieri nonetheless kick? Do you get additional fantasy factors for game-winners? No? On each? Then by no means thoughts.

7. Kickers with Taylor Swift live performance tickets (Wait, what?!).

8. Kickers who, after kicking a game-winning subject objective in highschool, had their postgame meal paid for on the native Denny’s by backers of the varsity.

9. Kickers whose favourite “Impractical Joker” is Murray.

10. Anybody with who solely has a light case of plantar fasciitis.

Right here’s the kicker: None of this actually issues. The possibilities of any of this serving to you is barely decimal factors higher than the possibilities of it hurting you.

Holy cow! We simply acquired Taylor Swift tickets! That is the perfect factor that has occurred to us since Murray purchased us Denny’s after we kicked the profitable subject objective in highschool.

Oh no, we would not be capable to go to the live performance — this case of plantar fasciitis is getting severe.