Fantasy Football 2008 Position Rankings - K

Here we go fantasy football. Over the next few days we will be posting our position rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Football season. Today we'll cover the Kicker position. Thanks to Cesar for being my sounding board.

JUNE RANKINGS

K

• Seriously, don't draft a kicker until the last or second-to-last round of your draft. I'll give you a couple of guidelines so just apply them and pick one. You'll probably end up dropping him a week or two into the season when a free-agent kicker starts to separate himself from the crowd. I do this every year and I always end up with a top-5 kicker anyway. Look at Nick Folk for the Cowboys last year. DO NOT carry more than 1 kicker unless you start more than 1 kicker. Carry a handcuff for your QB or RB or take a shot on some crucial backup players instead of wasting a roster spot on a kicker. Or you can play "Musical Kickers" and just pick up a new one every week based on match ups. That works too.

1. Kickers who play in a dome have added value
2. Kickers who play in outdoor stadiums in the north lose value in December
3. Kickers for high scoring offenses are the safest bet for a couple of points every week
4. Kickers on teams with bad red-zone offenses offer the best chance for double digit points from your kicker
5. If your league awards extra points for longer field goals study the career distance numbers for all of the kickers. You want guys who have shown they can hit from 50+ yards.

It's just a kicker, draft one late and keep trying to upgrade via the waiver wire all season long. Never try to trade for a kicker. If somebody will give you a player of value for your kicker, do it. See, how hard was that?