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. 

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Dave's Tiers updated through Aug. 23: QB | RB | WR | TE | K/DST

Third-to-last round

Second-to-last round

Last round

Cowboys DST Jets DST Texans DST
Browns DST Ravens DST Ka'imi Fairbairn
49ers DST Evan McPherson Matt Prater
Justin Tucker Harrison Butker Dustin Hopkins
Brandon Aubrey Cameron Dicker Seahawks DST

Steelers DST Eagles DST

Chargers DST Bears DST


Tyler Bass


Younghoe Koo


Matt Gay


Bills DST


Jason Myers