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FootSided: all-kickers fantasy league Week 3 recap

By Zachary Thompson

Sep 25, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Roberto Aguayo (19) reacts after he missed a field goal against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Roberto Aguayo (19) reacts after he missed a field goal against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 25, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Washington Redskins kicker Dustin Hopkins (3) reacts after kicking the game-winning field goal against the New York Giants during the fourth quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Washington Redskins kicker Dustin Hopkins (3) reacts after kicking the game-winning field goal against the New York Giants during the fourth quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

Gano You Gonna Lose 13, Lutz Triples 10

In our first matchup of the week between teams at 1-1, Mike Dyce edged me (Zachary Thompson) out even though he only had 13 fantasy points. I would have won if it wasn’t for Brandon McManus getting blocked on an XP in Cincinnati in the Broncos 29-17 win.

Saints kicker Will Lutz hit a long FG for me but since the Saints were too far behind to keep kicking I couldn’t keep up with Dyce’s 13 fantasy points from Graham Gano and Josh Brown. His kickers were perfect on the week on XP and went 3/4 on FG. This wasn’t the closest contest of the week, but it was one of three games that were within the swing of one kick.

May the Folk be with you 18, Beckham With The Good Hair 14

For the second week in a row, Adam Best posted the highest losing score by posting 14 points but still falling short to Matt Blake‘s 18 fantasy points. Blake got a monster game from Justin Tucker who put up 15 fantasy points, the second highest point total of the week. His namesake Nick Folk only chipped in three as the Jets laid an egg in Kansas City, but it was enough to get him the win.

Adam Best took a second bad loss in a row after posting 17 fantasy points in last week’s loss. His kickers are a perfect 3/3 on FG and 3/3 on XP, but the hard-luck loser still fell to 1-2 on the year. Best does need to figure out his third kicker situation since he is still dragging along Kai Forbath on his bench who has been unemployed (except by Beckham With The Good Hair) since the end of preseason.

The Big Gostkowski 14, Automatica Gramatica 13

Josh Hill dropped his second game in a row this week losing by a single point to Zachary Best. Best improves to 2-1 with the win which he was able to get despite leaving the highest scoring player in our fantasy kickers league on his bench. He started Stephen Gostkowski who had nine fantasy points and Jason Meyers who had 5 fantasy points which were enough to get him a win even with 17 fantasy points from Dustin Hopkins sitting on his bench.

It was a tough loss for Hill who would have won if it wasn’t for a Blair Walsh missed XP. Walsh now has a pair of missed XP’s and a short FG miss this season. Since the Vikings are relying on their defense and grind-it-out offense, Walsh should keep getting chances in generally low-scoring games, but he has to convert or else Hill and the Vikings may choose to go another direction. For Gramatica this week, at least they didn’t leave the winning solution sitting on their bench since Nick Novak didn’t even try a kick in the Texans 27-0 loss at New England.

Team Frank 20, Reach for the Bleach 13

The upset of the week goes to Mark Carman‘s still strangely named “Team Frank” who knocked off the undefeated Matt Verderame by putting up an impressive 20 fantasy points. His Steven Hauschka pick paid off bit time as he led the way with 13 fantasy points and Josh Lambo chipped in seven more fantasy points. He could have been even better if Lambo hadn’t missed an extra point.

Even without that XP, he was the high-scorer of the week and cruised past Verderame who got six fantasy points from Dan Bailey and seven fantasy points from Sebastian Janikowski. The Cowboys could have made it interesting by giving Bailey more FG chances on Sunday Night Football, but they scored four touchdowns relatively easily against the Bears living Bleach with 4 XP’s and just one FG.

Lin Elliott: Rot in hell 12, The Garo Yip-premians 8

The final undefeated team in our all-kickers fantasy league belongs to Patrick Allen who continues to erase his bad memories of Lin Elliott by kicking everyone else in the league around. This week, he handed Jim Cavan his third straight loss leaving Jim as the only team without a win yet this season.

While Allen got a workman-like six fantasy points from both Cairo Santos and Andrew Franks, Jim’s team would have had a chance to pull the upset if it wasn’t for a huge letdown from his first-round pick Roberto Aguayo. Jim actually outscored Aguayo himself since the Bucs’ rookie missed an XP and his only FG attempt leading to a ugly -2 total fantasy points. In positive news for the Garo Yip-premians, they did get nine fantasy points from “Greg the Leg” on the bench. Is it time for Jim to sit down his first round pick? We’ll find out next week. Speaking of next week’s matchups…

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