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  • Ravens' Justin Tucker: Nets 11 points

    Tucker made all three of his field-goal attempts (30, 39 and 36 yards) and both his extra-point tries in Saturday's 23-16 win over the Colts.

    Tucker has missed just three of 71 total kicks this season, accounting for the seventh-best point tally league-wide.

  • Matt Prater K | BUF

    Lions' Matt Prater: Scores five points

    Prater made a 23-yard field goal and missed from 50 yards in Sunday's 26-17 loss to the Bengals, when he also made both his extra points.

    Prater has now missed just five of his 33 field-goal attempts this season. With one game remaining, his 121 points are tied for 10th league-wide.

  • Texans' Ka'imi Fairbairn: Shut out in Week 16

    Fairbairn did not have a scoring attempt in Monday's 34-6 loss to the Steelers.

    Fairbairn was not called on for a scoring opportunity, as the Texans attempted a two-point conversion on their lone touchdown. He has just one point over the last two games and is suffering behind an unproductive offense. There's promise in Week 17 against Indianapolis' 31st-ranked scoring defense, but the offense is a mess and can't be trusted to present Fairbairn with many scoring chances.

  • Steelers' Chris Boswell: Perfect in win

    Boswell made both field-goal attempts (34, 36) and all four PATs in Monday's 34-6 win at Houston.

    Few kickers have posted better numbers than Boswell this season but, for fantasy owners still playing in Week 17, consider that he has averaged just three points over his last two games against the Browns.

  • Rams' Greg Zuerlein: Undergoing back surgery Thursday

    Zuerlein is scheduled to undergo back surgery Thursday, Vincent Bonsignore of the Los Angeles Daily News reports.

    The Rams didn't reveal their hand until Wednesday evening, placing Zuerlein on injured reserve and signing kicker Sam Ficken in a corresponding move. Shortly thereafter, head coach Sean McVay said Zuerlein has been dealing with a back injury all season, per Bonsignore, and it finally flared up Saturday night when he "slept on it funny." Zuerlein gutted it out Sunday in Seattle, striking true on both field-goal attempts and four of five extra-point tries. However, the pain has been too much in the meantime, so the decision was made to end what had been an outstanding campaign for Zuerlein.

  • Rams' Greg Zuerlein: Placed on IR with back injury

    Zuerlein was placed on injured reserve Wednesday due to a back injury.

    Despite a pair of uncharacteristic misses on extra-point attempts in December, the 29-year-old Zuerlein has enjoyed one of the best kicking seasons in NFL history. He's converted 38 of 40 field-goal attempts, including six of seven from 50-plus yards and 12 of 12 in the 40-to-49-yard range. Zuerlein even had a shot to break the single-season record of 44 field goals, set by David Akers in 2011. Following Zuerlein's surprising shutdown for the season, the Rams will sign Sam Ficken to replace him, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Ficken has never kicked in an NFL regular-season game and will likely amount to a significant downgrade, but his attachment to the high-powered Rams offense nonetheless makes him a usable fantasy option for Week 16 in Tennessee, albeit on the lower end of the spectrum.

  • Matt Bryant K | ATL

    Falcons' Matt Bryant: Nails 57-yard field goal in win

    Bryant hit a 57-yard field goal and three extra points in Monday's 24-21 win over Tampa Bay.

    The 57-yarder was a thing of beauty, but Bryant uncharacteristically had a 33-yard field goal blocked late in the third quarter. He has a good matchup in Week 16 in a dome against the Saints.

  • Broncos' Brandon McManus: Scores five points

    McManus both made and missed 40-yard field goal attempts during Sunday's 25-13 win over the Colts, when he also hit both his extra-point tries.

    McManus missed wide right on his first field-goal attempt, but was able to straighten things out to convert his second effort from 40 yards. Although McManus has scored 90 points this season, he's missed eight of 30 field-goal opportunities.

  • Raiders' Giorgio Tavecchio: Misses one kick

    Tavecchio made and missed 39-yard field goal attempts in Sunday's 20-17 loss to the Cowboys, when he also converted both of his extra-point tries.

    Tavecchio's miss came as the first-half clock expired. Considering the Raiders lost by three, that wide-left effort proved rather costly. Through 14 games, Tavecchio sports just 73 points.

  • Blair Walsh K | ATL

    Seahawks' Blair Walsh: Just one point

    Walsh did not attempt a field goal but made his lone extra-point try in Sunday's 42-7 loss to the Rams.

    Walsh did all that was required of him Sunday, but unfortunately, that barely translated into any fantasy success. Through 14 games, he now sports 91 points.

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