NFL Player News
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Dustin Hopkins K | CLE
Browns' Dustin Hopkins: Hurts hamstring Sunday
Hopkins is questionable to return to Sunday's game against the Texans due to a hamstring injury, Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
Prior to sustaining the injury, Hopkins had hit both of his extra-point tries versus Houston. Heading into Week 16 action, Hopkins had recorded 121 points in 14 games.
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Evan McPherson K | CIN
Bengals' Evan McPherson: Makes lone kick in Week 16 loss
McPherson made his only field-goal attempt and didn't try any extra points in Saturday's loss to Pittsburgh.
The Bengals fell behind big early and trailed 24-0 at the half, so the team elected to go for a two-point conversion after scoring a touchdown on its opening drive of the third quarter. However, McPherson did get the opportunity to attempt a field goal in the closing seconds of the period with Cincinnati facing a 4th-and-15. The third-year kicker nailed the 35-yard attempt, giving him at least one made field goal in each of the team's 15 games this season.
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Chris Boswell K | PIT
Steelers' Chris Boswell: Perfect against Cincinnati
Boswell converted both of his field-goal attempts while making all four of his extra-point tries during the Steelers' 34-11 win over the Bengals on Saturday.
Boswell missed one of two extra-point tries during last week's loss to Indianapolis, but he bounced back against the Steelers' AFC North rival Saturday. The 32-year-old has been relatively accurate in 2023, making 25 of 27 field-goal attempts while converting 22 of 23 extra-point tries.
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Mike Badgley K | DET
Lions' Michael Badgley: Bumps up from practice squad
The Lions elevated Badgley from the practice squad to the active roster ahead of Sunday's game at Minnesota.
Badgley swapped in for Riley Patterson as Detroit's placekicker last Saturday against the Broncos and made all six point-after tries presented to him. The team then waived Patterson on Tuesday, paving the way for Badgley to handle all kicking duties for the Lions moving forward. After Sunday, Detroit can elevate Badgley one more time before needing to sign him to the active roster, but it could clear up any questions about his standing by doing so in advance of Week 17 action.
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Cairo Santos K | CHI
Bears' Cairo Santos: Sticking in Chicago
Santos signed a four-year, $16 million extension with the Bears on Saturday, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports.
Santos has spent the last four seasons in Chicago while making 90.5 percent of his field-goal attempts in three full campaigns. To this point in 2023, he's made six field goals of more than 50 yards and has converted 27 of his 29 field-goal attempts overall. Santos will remain the Bears' kicker for the foreseeable future, and the contract will take him through his age-35 season.
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Blake Grupe K | NO
Saints' Blake Grupe: Makes two PATs in loss
Grupe was 2-for-2 on point-after tries during Thursday's 30-22 defeat versus the Rams.
Grupe did not have much on his shoulders Week 16, as the Saints crossed into the red zone only once during Thursday's loss. New Orleans also fell behind 17-7 at halftime, and this ballooned out to a 30-7 deficit early in the fourth quarter. These combined factors likely affected Grupe's chances for any field-goal tries. The undrafted rookie has now gone a perfect 32-for-32 on PATs this season. He'll look for more field-goal opportunities during the Week 17 divisional matchup versus Tampa Bay.
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Cade York K | WAS
Cade York: Suffers quad injury
The Giants placed York on the practice squad reserve/injured list Friday due to a quadricep injury, Michael Elsen of the Giants' official site reports.
The 22-year-old looked on track to serve as the Giants' kicker for the final three games of the season, as Randy Bullock (hamstring) was recently placed on injured reserve. However, York suffered a quad injury at Thursday's practice that will also keep him sidelined for the rest of the season. With Graham Gano (knee) also on IR along with Bullock, the Giants signed Mason Crosby to their practice squad Friday. He's expected to be elevated to active roster ahead of Monday's game against the Eagles and will presumably keep the Giants' kicking job for Weeks 17 and 18.
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Mason Crosby K | NYG
Giants' Mason Crosby: Set to kick for Giants this week
Crosby will sign with the Giants' practice squad Friday and is expected to serve as the team's kicker Monday at Philadelphia, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports.
Kickers haven't been spared from the Giants' widespread injury issues this season, and Cade York (quadricep) will now head to the practice squad/injured list after suffering aninjury during practice Thursday. York had been expected to take over the Giants' kicker in Week 16, after Graham Gano (knee) and Randy Bullock (hamstring) had both been placed on injured reserve with injuries that will keep them out for the rest of the season. Crosby spent a few days as a member of the Rams' practice squad last week and now has a chance to serve as the Giants' placekicker for their final three games of the regular season. He's among the lesser fantasy options at the position for Week 16, playing outdoors for a double-digit underdog while acclimating to a new long snapper and holder.
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Matt Gay K | IND
Colts' Matt Gay: Cleared for Week 16
Gay (hip) doesn't have an injury designation for Sunday's game against the Falcons.
Gay increased his practice participation throughout the week and participated without limitations Friday to shed his injury designation. The 29-year-old kicker will look to get back on track Sunday after missing two kicks in each of his last two games.
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Lucas Havrisik K | BUF
Rams' Lucas Havrisik: Starting job secure
Havrisik is expected to remain the Rams' starting kicker, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic reports.
Havrisik went 3-for-4 on field-goal attempts in Thursday's 30-22 win over the Saints, missing his longest attempt of the night, a 47-yarder in the victory. Head coach Sean McVay said Friday that they won't bring in another kicker, solidifying Havrisik as the team's starter moving forward.