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The Bengals placed McPherson on injured reserve Wednesday with a right groin injury. McPherson will thus miss at least four games, meaning that the soonest he'll be eligible to return from IR is Week 18 against the Steelers. Heading into Monday's game against the Cowboys, the Bengals sit on a 4-8 record for the season. If the team is eliminated from playoff contention by the time Week 18 rolls around, the Bengals may just decide to keep McPherson on IR for the duration of the season. The Bengals signed Cade York to their practice squad Wednesday and are likely to elevate him ahead of Monday's game to replace McPherson, who converted 16 of 22 field-goal attempts and 37 of 38 extra-point tries through Cincinnati's first 12 games.
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McPherson is expected to miss a few weeks due to a groin injury, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports. While Garafolo indicates that McPherson's injury is not season-ending, the kicker is on track to miss some time. With that in mind, the Bengals will sign Cade York to their practice squad and are expected to elevate him ahead of Monday's game against the Cowboys.
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McPherson made his lone field-goal attempt and went 5-for-5 on extra-point tries in Sunday's 44-38 loss to the Steelers. McPherson was perfect on his kicking attempts Sunday, though it amounted to just eight total points. He's 10-for-10 on field-goal attempts under 40 yards but just 6-for-12 outside that range, including 3-for-7 from 50-plus yards. McPherson is up to 85 points through 12 regular-season games, going 16-for-22 on field-goal tries and 37-for-38 on extra-point attempts.
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McPherson has two games with more than five Fantasy points in his past seven outings, and this is a bad matchup. The Steelers are No. 3 in fewest Fantasy points allowed to opposing kickers, and Greg Joseph in Week 8 is the lone kicker with more than nine Fantasy points against Pittsburgh this season. McPherson was also just 2-of-2 on field goals and 1-of-1 on PATs against the Steelers in two games last season.
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McPherson only has four games this season with more than six Fantasy points and just one since Week 4. He didn't attempt a field goal in Week 10 at Baltimore and now has five games this season with one field or less. The Chargers are No. 2 in fewest Fantasy points allowed to opposing kickers, and McPherson is not worth trusting in most leagues in Week 11.
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| WK | OPP | FGA | FG | XPATT | XP | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | @KC | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | WAS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | @CAR | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | BAL | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | @NYG | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | @CLE | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | PHI | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | LV | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | @BAL | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | @LAC | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| *14 | @DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *15 | @TEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PROJECTION | 34 | 30 | 50 | 49 | 0.251 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 153.2 | |
| * indicates player did not play that week | |||||||||||
Scheduled Games
| WK | DATE | OPP | OPP RANK | OPP FPTS |
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| 16 | 12/22 | Cleveland | 11 | 7.29 |
| 17 | 12/28 | Denver | 13 | 7.36 |
| 18 | 01/05 | @Pittsburgh | 1 | 5.93 |