FootSided: all-kickers fantasy league Week 3 recap
Week 4 Schedule
The Big Gostkowski v Lutz Triples
It’s a Zachary on Zachary matchup in our first game from Week 4. I, Zachary Thompson, come into the week 1-2 (thanks McManus) and take on Zachary Best who is 2-1 after getting a win in Week 3. I get email meant for the other Zachary all the time, so hopefully some fantasy points from his team fall my way and I can catch him in the division standings leveling both our records at 2-2.
It’ll be interesting to see if Best makes the move and goes with Dustin Hopkins who had a monster week on his bench or sticks with the Gostkowski/Myers combo. I also have to decide whether to go with McManus and Lutz who are both on the road or to make the move to Connor Barth. I don’t like my matchups this week, and neither do the projections giving the Best, Zachary a four-point win in their preview.
Lin Elliot: Rot in hell v Gano You Gonna Lose
In a powerhouse matchup, the top two point-scorers in the Eastern division (Zachary, Zachary, Patrick, Dyce, and Jim) face off as Patrick Allen tries to stay undefeated. He’ll take on Mike Dyce who comes in 2-1. He’ll go with Gano in the dome and Brown on Monday Night Football while he tries to take down Patrick Allen who has two kickers in primetime this week starting with Andrew Franks on Thursday Night Football and Cairo Santos on Sunday Night Football. Given the way these two teams come into the week, I’ll give them our honorary “primetime” slot since most of their kickers are already there anyway.
Beckham With The Good Hair v Reach for the Bleach
The worst-luck team of the season, Adam Best, will look to turn things around and get back to .500 when he faces NFL guru Matt Verderame who is coming off his first defeat of the year last week. Best and Verderame both have top-5 kickers (Bailey and Vinatieri) and kickers outside the top 20 (Janikowski and Catanzaro). Right now the projections give Best a two-point advantage, but the way his luck has been running so far this season Verderame should be set for a huge week.
Automatica Gramatica v. Team Frank
Josh Hill and Mark Carman face off in a matchup that will leave one of them at 2-2 and in the middle of the playoff hunt while the other will drop to 1-3 and has a long hill to climb. It isn’t a must-win, but it is an important matchup. Carman will have Lambo at home against the Saints and Hauschka on the road against the Jets. I’m not 100% sure what Hill’s plans are since Mason Crosby is on a bye, but he will likely roll with Blair Walsh and Nick Novak who has been on his bench so far this season.
May the Folk be with you v The Garo Yip-premians
Can this be the week for Jim Cavan to get his breakthrough win? He’ll face a 2-1 Matt Blake who comes in with both Justin Tucker and Nick Folk in the top 15 in scoring so far this season in our all-kickers fantasy league. Cavan could make the move and sit his first-round pick with Aguayo who is at home against the Broncos. Matt Prater and Greg Zuerlein both had good weeks last week while the rookie lost points. Blake has risen to the top of the West division with 53 total fantasy points, but as we’ve seen every week–anything can happen when you’re playing in a fantasy kickers league.
Make sure to check back next week to see how these matchups in our kickers fantasy league play out. Each Wednesday, you can see who stepped up and what kickers’ cost their teams wins by missing extra points. Yes, McManus, I’m talking about you.