NFL Player News
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Eddy Pineiro K | SF
Bears' Eddy Pineiro: Best performance of season
Pineiro converted four field goals and an extra point in the Bears' 21-19 win over the Vikings in Week 17, and he finished the season with 23 field goals in 28 attempts.
Pineiro was a disappointment in his first season with the Bears, as he made just 82 percent of his field-goal attempts. In terms of fantasy, he only surpassed seven points on four occasions, and as he enters the last year of a two-year contract, he'll be a marginal fantasy option in 2020 drafts.
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Matt Prater K | BUF
Lions' Matt Prater: Ready for season finale
Prater (illness) is officially active for Sunday's game against the Packers.
Prater was added to the injury report Friday as a limited participant and received the questionable tag due to the illness, but it won't end up impacting his availability for Week 17. The 35-year-old is 24-for-29 on field goals and 33-for-34 on extra points this season and will look to finish the 2019 campaign on a strong note.
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Matt Prater K | BUF
Lions' Matt Prater: Dealing with illness
Prater is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Packers due to an illness, Tim Twentyman of the Lions' official site reports.
Prater took every rep during the Lions' first two practices of the week before the ailment limited his activity in Friday's session, prompting Detroit to give him a designation for the regular-season finale. Unless the Lions add another kicker to the 53-man roster prior to Saturday's deadline for Week 17 transactions, Prater probably won't be at any real risk of sitting out against Green Bay.
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Matt Gay K | SF
Buccaneers' Matt Gay: Fully practices Thursday
Gay (back) was a full participant in practice Thursday, Greg Auman of The Athletic reports.
It sounds like Gay is feeling better and will be able to handle his kicking duties to close out the season Week 17 against the Falcons. He's made 27 of his 32 field-goal tries this season, with three of the misses coming from beyond 50 yards.
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Matt Gay K | SF
Buccaneers' Matt Gay: Limited participant
Gay (back) was a limited participant in Wednesday's projected practice report.
Gay was banged up on a field-goal attempt that was blocked in the team's Week 16 loss to the Texans. However, he remained in the game and later made a 50-yard field goal, giving some indication that the injury was minor. That he was projected to be a limited participant Wednesday is a positive sign for his availability in the team's Week 17 matchup against the Falcons.
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Daniel Carlson K | LV
Raiders' Daniel Carlson: Collects six points in win
Carlson made his lone field-goal attempt from 48 yards and added a trio of extra-point conversions in Sunday's 24-17 win over the Chargers.
Carlson didn't do anything to negatively impact his job security in Week 16, which is an improvement from the dicey stretch that preceded Sunday's tilt in Los Angeles. He'll look to stay on track during the Raiders' regular season finale against Denver as the silver and black fight for a playoff spot.
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Matt Gay K | SF
Buccaneers' Matt Gay: Eventful day in Week 16 loss
Gay converted field-goal attempts of 50 and 41 yards, had a 54-yard attempt blocked, and converted two extra-point tries in the Buccaneers' 23-20 loss to the Texans on Saturday.
Gay was banged up on the first-quarter block, but his ability to drill a 50-yarder later in the period corroborated his health. The rookie heads into the regular-season finale against the Falcons with a solid 84.4 percent success rate on 32 field-goal attempts and 122 points overall, making him one of the best fantasy assets at the position on the season.
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Justin Tucker K | BAL
Ravens' Justin Tucker: Gets back on track
Tucker converted one field goal and all four of his extra-point attempts Sunday against the Browns.
Tucker is on pace to finish the season with the fewest field-goal attempts of his career as he's attempted just 25 through 15 games. He has never attempted fewer than 33 field goals in any season of his eight-year career, nor has he made fewer than 29 field goals in any of those seasons. His accuracy is near his peak, though, as Tucker has converted 96 percent of his field goals, which is second only to his 97.4 percent conversion rate in 2016. Of course, Tucker has made up for the lack of field goals with a massive spike in extra points. Tucker is already 15 extra-point attempts ahead of his previous career high as he heads into the season finale against the Steelers. Only Harrison Butker and Will Lutz have more fantasy points than Tucker among kickers.
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Harrison Butker K | KC
Chiefs' Harrison Butker: Decent kicking day
Butker made both of his field-goal attempts and two of his three extra-point attempts Sunday against the Bears.
Butker has now missed three PATs on the season but continues to convert field goals at a high percentage, knocking home at least 89 percent in each of his first three seasons. Butker added another make from 50-plus Sunday, upping his season percentage to 50 from 50 or beyond. From inside the 50, Butker has been superb, nailing 30 of his 31 attempts.
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Brandon McManus K | GB
Broncos' Brandon McManus: Accounts for nine points
McManus converted field goals of 34 and 26 yards and all three of his point-after tries during Sunday's 27-17 win over the Lions.
McManus snapped a two-game streak in which he kicked just a single field goal. Still, he's seventh in the league with 26 made field goals and his 11 conversion of at least 40 yards are tied for fifth in the league. The season ends Sunday against a Raiders team against whom McManus converted three of four field goal attempts in Week 1.