Fantasy Football 2014 Kicker Rankings: Week 1

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Stephen Gostkowski tops Athlon Sports' Week 1 Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings, but the bigger news lately concerns who won't be stretching out his leg for a while. Denver's Matt Prater, who was second only to Gostkowski in fantasy points last season, has been suspended the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy. Brandon McManus will be filling in for Prater, and while I have no issue with starting him, it shouldn't be too hard in your league to find a more established option. After all, it's not like fantasy owners hoard kickers on their rosters, right?

Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.

Positional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DST I K

2014 NFL Week 1 Fantasy Football Rankings — Kickers


Rank	Player	Team	Opp
1	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	at MIA
2	Steven Hauschka	SEA	vs. GB (Thurs.)
3	Justin Tucker	BAL	vs. CIN
4	Phil Dawson	SF	at DAL
5	Mason Crosby	GB	at SEA (Thurs.)
6	Adam Vinatieri	IND	at DEN
7	Brandon McManus	DEN	vs. IND
8	Nick Novak	SD	at ARI (Mon.)
9	Dan Bailey	DAL	vs. SF
10	Robbie Gould	CHI	vs. BUF
11	Blair Walsh	MIN	at STL
12	Matt Bryant	ATL	vs. NO
13	Cody Parkey	PHI	vs. JAC
14	Nick Folk	NYJ	vs. OAK
15	Shayne Graham	NO	at ATL
16	Greg Zuerlein	STL	vs. MIN