Nate Kaeding (10) put up a healthy 16 points on Monday Night Football, so where does he rank among this week’s starters? Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-US PRESSWIRE
Kickers always seem unimportant and unpredictable until one hangs 16 points on the board on Monday Night Football and wins many teams their matchup while causing others to curse their misfortune. The 16-point scorer was Nate Kaeding (pictured above) who was playing his first game since last year’s kickoff where he injured himself.
Kickers can make a difference, so here’s our composite top 10 from the staff at Fantasy CPR. My rankings are in the ZT column, and I was priveleged to be joined by Matthew Tuckness (MT), Steve Copps (SC), and Jeffrey Littrell (JL). The rankings are averaged together to come up with a solid composite ranking which should give you an idea of how matchups and momentum will impact this week’s scores. NR stands for not rated and counts as a fifteenth ranking in the composite.
| ZT | MT | SC | JL | |||||
| 1 | Stephen Gostkowski | NE | Ari | 2.5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | David Akers | SF | Det | 3.5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Sebastian Janikowski | Oak | at Mia | 3.75 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Mason Crosby | GB | Chi | 4.25 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | Garrett Hartley | NO | at Car | 6.25 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | Matt Prater | Den | at Atl | 8.25 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| 7 | Alex Henery | Phi | Bal | 8.75 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| 8 | Nate Kaeding | SD | Ten | 9 | 4 | 2 | NR | NR |
| 9 | Dan Bailey | Dal | at Sea | 10 | 9 | 8 | NR | 8 |
| 10 | Matt Bryant | Atl | Den | 10 | NR | NR | 1 | 9 |
I'm an avid Boston sports fan and fantasy sports enthusiast. When I'm not blogging, I serve as Audio and Video producer as well as High School History teacher at Harvest Ministries on the island of Guam. The 14-hour time difference can make things challenging, but I'll play any fantasy sports just about anytime I can.
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