Fantasy Football 2014 Kicker Rankings: Week 1
Stephen Gostkowski
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 |
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Rankings are based upon Athlon Sports' standard scoring system:
KICKER SCORING
PATs = 1 point
39 yards and under = 3 points
40-49 yards = 4 points
50-59 yards = 5 points
60+ yards = 6 points
