Fantasy football busts: PK - Week 10

November 11, 2010 @ 15:55:00

By Cory J. Bonini
Edited by Bryce McRae

Fantasy football busts: QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | DT

In this article KFFL breaks down fantasy football busts of the week. Some high-level players will be included, because you need to know when is time to sit a player even though it may not seem appropriate. Primarily, however, we will address the midrange to low-end fantasy options that you rack your brain over each week. Read on to learn which of these players that you wouldn't want in your lineup.

Note: All statistical averages are from Week 6 to Week 9, unless otherwise specified.

Fantasy football busts: Place kickers

David Akers, Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins

Fantasy value: Midrange No. 1

Akers in for a down week

• The Eagles' high-powered offense has given Akers plenty of work lately. He has averaged 4.00 field goal attempts (most in the league) and 2.33 extra point tries per game in his last three. The veteran kicker connected on 75.0 percent of his per-game three-point tries and all of his XPAs in this time.
• The Redskins have limited place kickers to averages of 2.33 extra point tries (2.33 made) and 1.67 field goal attempts (1.00 made) per game. This equates to only 5.3 real kicking points per matchup.
• In his last tiff with the 'Skins, Akers connected on both of his field goal tries and didn't attempt an extra point.

Neil Rackers, Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars

Fantasy value: Bench

• Rackers has split the uprights on all of this 1.33 per-game field goal attempts and each of his 3.00 extra point kicks per game. He has averaged 7.0 actual kicking points per game.
• Jacksonville has granted enemy kickers 3.67 extra point attempts and 1.33 field goal tries per game. Booters have been perfect on all of their attempts. The extra points allowed rank as the third most in the league, but Jacksonville has given up the seventh fewest (tie) field goal attempts per game. 

Fantasy football busts: QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | DT

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Cory J. Bonini

Cory J. Bonini is a senior editor at KFFL. In late 2002, Bonini joined the KFFL staff as a research analyst. He vaulted himself into one of the industry's leading fantasy analysts.

Bonini has been involved in fantasy sports since 1996. A member of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as well as Fantasy Sports Writers Association, he has been featured in print, on the radio and is also a published writer on scores of sites. Bonini co-hosted Big Lead Sports on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio from 2011 to 2012.

Bonini was recognized with the 2010 Best Article in Print Award from the FSWA and was a finalist for the same award in 2011. In '11, he finished first overall in the FSWA NFL experts challenge that featured 60 of the industry's best competitors.

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