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Tiers for kickers? Tiers for DSTs? 

Hey look, somebody's gotta draft them. 

Generally speaking, kickers and defense/special teams units are the easiest parts of a starting lineup to replace. Therefore, don't get too attached to any DST or kicker unless they're just kicking some serious butt all season long. 

I don't think we'll see that from a DST, and we hardly ever see it from a kicker. Nope, not even Justin Tucker. 

When I rank my kickers and DSTs, I do it with the elite options up first, then with the early year in mind. That's why you might see some peculiar DSTs in my rankings. 

I also combine them in Tiers because we're usually drafting kickers and DSTs with our final picks. Or at least you should. Neither position should go before the third-to-last round of your draft. 

Dave's Tiers updated through Aug. 30: QBRBWRTEK/DST


Third-to-last round

Second-to-last round

Last round

Browns DSTRavens DST Seahawks DST
49ers DSTCowboys DST Matt Prater
Jets DST Evan McPherson Dustin Hopkins
Justin Tucker Harrison Butker Tyler Bass
Brandon Aubrey Ka'imi Fairbairn Eagles DST

Chargers DST Steelers DST

Texans DST Bears DST


Younghoe Koo


Jake Bates


Cameron Dicker


Bills DST


Jason Myers