Fantasy Football Week 4 Rankings: Top 15 Kickers

Eric Stashin

Sep 30, 2010

While kickers certainly may not be the most important aspect of your fantasy team, they aren’t irrelevant either. Let’s take a look at how I rank them for the upcoming week:

Mason Crosby - Green Bay Packers - vs. Detroit
Jeff Reed - Pittsburgh Steelers - vs. Baltimore
Nate Kaeding - San Diego Chargers - vs. Arizona
Neil Rackers - Houston Texans - at Oakland
Mike Nugent - Cincinnati Bengals - at Cleveland
Sebastian Janikowski - Oakland Raiders - vs. Houston
Robbie Gould - Chicago Bears - at New York Giants
David Akers - Philadelphia Eagles - vs. Washington
Dan Carpenter - Miami Dolphins - vs. New England
Stephen Gostkowski - New England Patriots - at Miami
Rob Bironas - Tennessee Titans - vs. Denver
John Carney - New Orleans Saints - vs. Carolina
Matt Bryant - Atlanta Falcons - vs. San Francisco
Matt Prater - Denver Broncos - at Tennessee
Nick Folk - New York Jets - at Buffalo

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Thoughts

The Saints are going to sit down Garrett Hartley, who has struggled over the first three weeks, in favor of the newly signed John Carney. With the Saints likely to score a lot versus Carolina, you have to like Carney as a potential low-end option.
The Steelers/Ravens game is likely going to be a ground-it-out game, with points potentially hard to come by. Jeff Reed is 8-for-10 on field goal attempts on the season, so he’s going to be a good play this week.
While Kaeding has connected on just two field goals thus far, there’s no need to panic. He should produce soon.
Sebastian Janikowski may have missed a potential game-winning field goal in Week 3 and has missed his fair share overall (8-for-13), but the amount of opportunities is mind-boggling. There’s little doubt he’ll get his fair share of chances once again this week, meaning he’s worth using in all formats.

What are your thoughts on these rankings? Who’s too high? Who’s too low?

Make sure to check out the rest of our Week 4 Rankings: