Just how important is your kicker? A look at some numbers
Any kicker is fine right? I mean it's just a kicker right? Wrong. Here's why.
Let's take a look at some numbers from last season. Adam Vinatieri of the New England Patriots led all kickers in scoring with 141 points. On the other end Paul Edinger of the Chicago Bears scored 67 points. A few kickers scored less than Edinger
but they did not play the whole year for their respective teams. That
is a difference of 74 points. Surprising isn't it? That's almost 5
point's a week. How many times have you said "I could have won the week
if I only got some production from my kicker?" How many times did you
lose by 5 or less points? Who couldn't use that many extra points to
add to your year's total?
Ideally you would like to get an average
of 7+ points from your kicker every week. Here are the weekly scoring
averages of the leagues 5 best kickers and its 5 worst. The best 1.) Adam Vinatieri 141 pts. for a 8.81 avg. 2.) Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos 129 pts. for a 8.06 avg. 3.) Jeff Reed of the Pittsburgh Steelers 124 pts. for a 7.75 avg. 4.) Shayne Graham of the Cincinnati Bengals 122 pts. for a 7.62 avg. and David Ackers of the Philadelphia Eagles 122 pts. for a 7.62 avg.. The worst 1.) Paul Edinger 67 pts. for a 4.18 avg. 2.) Todd Peterson of the San Francisco 49'ers 77 pts. for a 4.81 avg. 3.) John Kasay of the Carolina Panthers 84 pts. for a 5.25 avg. 4.) Kris Brown of the Houston Texans 85 pts. for a 5.31 avg. 5.) Jeff Wilkins of
the St. Louis Rams 89 pts. for a 5.56 avg.. If scoring points is what
fantasy football is all about wouldn't you like to have more points
from your kickers?
Now don't go crazy and draft a kicker in the
early rounds when there are plenty of great players still available but
try to get a kicker who will score for your team. Don't shank it.
Choose your kicker wisely.
BlackJack
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