Fantasy Football Week 5 Kicker Rankings: Mike Nugent Replaces Gostkowski

Major kicker news broke on Wednesday afternoon, yes, that’s a thing. The defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots are placing Stephen Gostkowski, their kicker of 14 years, on injured reserve.

Gostkowski has been a fantasy football mainstay for years, and this will be a major blow for the Pats as well as fantasy football owners’ kicking game. See how you can replace the kicking stud in our Fantasy Football Week 5 Kicker Rankings below.

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Kicker Overview:

Since 2012, one could argue that no kicker has done it better than Stephen Gostkowski. The Patriots kicker has, on average, finished as the third-highest scorer at his position on a yearly basis. However, fantasy owners will have to look elsewhere to fill their kicker slot for the rest of the 2019 season.

In typical Patriots fashion, the team has been very shrouded about kicker workouts thus far, not commenting on who has been brought in. However, whichever kicker is brought in to replace Gostkowski immediately becomes a viable fantasy option, as they are tacked onto one of the best offenses in football.

UPDATE:

If for any reason Joey Slye is still on your waivers, run and scoop him up now. The Panthers kicker averages 12+ points per game while leading all players at his position in fantasy points this season. Carolina will likely be in a low scoring offensive affair this week with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Slye may be Carolina’s best hope of getting on the scoreboard.

The Chargers kicking carousel has been quite the show this season. Incumbent starter Michael Badgley has missed the entire season thus far due to a groin injury. Los Angeles has resorted to their punter Ty Long as Badgley’s replacement through the first four weeks of 2019. However, on Monday the Bolts decided it might be best to have an actual place kicker handle kicking duties, signing rookie Chase McLaughlin.

Week 5 Fantasy Rankings: Kickers

[Top 100 | QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DST | K]

• Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

Rank	Kicker TEAM	Opp.
1	Harrison Butker KC	vs. IND
2	Wil Lutz NO	vs. TB
3	Justin Tucker BAL	at PIT
4	Greg Zuerlein LAR	at SEA
5	Joey Slye* CAR	vs. JAC
6	Robbie Gould SF	vs. CLE
7	Jason Myers SEA	vs. LAR
8	Brett Maher DAL	vs. GB
9	Mike Nugent* NE	at WAS
10	Matt Bryant ATL	at HOU
11	Ka’imi Fairbairn HOU	vs. ATL
12	Jake Elliott PHI	vs. NYJ
13	Mason Crosby GB	at DAL
14	Josh Lambo JAC	at CAR
15	Matt Gay TB	at NO
16	Adam Vinatieri IND	at KC
17	Zane Gonzalez ARI	at CIN
18	Austin Seibert CLE	at SF
19	Eddy Pineiro CHI	at OAK
20	Chase McLaughlin* LAC	vs. DEN
21	Dan Bailey MIN	at NYG
22	Chris Boswell PIT	vs. BAL
23	Aldrick Rosas NYG	vs. MIN
24	Randy Bullock CIN	vs. ARI
25	Brandon McManus DEN	at LAC
26	Cairo Santos TEN	vs. BUF
27	Steven Hauschka BUF	at TEN
28	Ty Long* LAC	vs. DEN
29	Daniel Carlson OAK	vs. CHI
30	Dustin Hopkins WAS	vs. NE
31	Sam Ficken NYJ	at PHI

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