Fantasy Football Kicker Guide and Rankings: Week 16 (2021 ...

You don't currently have any notificationsMichael Badgley looks to continue a hot run to close the season.Last week was one of the most frustrating slates of games for fantasy managers and analysts alike, with COVID 19 causing scheduling changes and elite fantasy options delivering shockingly bad performances in key playoff matchups.The crazy week also applied to kickers, with only two players rostered in over 70% of Yahoo leagues posting a top-10 performance. The lower number, the better for kickers, as playing on a team that struggles to score touchdowns in the red zone equates to more field goal opportunities.**The K Score is the sum of a player’s opponent red zone, the red zone efficiency of his offense, and the overall rank of his respective team in terms of total yards. A low score indicates that a kicker has variables working in his favor for a good fantasy kicking performance.The basis for kicker rankings are numerous factors, including matchups, Vegas lines, and score projections, weather conditions, the ability of a kicker’s team offense and their ability to move the ball into field goal range, offensive red zone efficiency, and how well the opposing defense limits touchdowns in the red zone. These factors are a guide but not a definitive way to predict kicking success, as other variables and negative game scripts significantly impact the outcome.Based on the variables mentioned above, the following two kickers are players ranked outside of the FantasyPros ECR top 10 who could be an excellent play Week 15.Michael Badgley (IND) at Arizona: 16% roster percentage on YahooAnother week of kicker prognosticating and another week with the fantasy football writing community not giving Badgley his due credit.