Fantasy football sleepers: PK - Week 16

December 23, 2010 @ 14:30:00

By Bryce McRae
Edited by Tim Heaney

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

In this article KFFL breaks down the fantasy football sleepers of the week. We will avoid marquee names because players of that caliber are rarely benched, regardless of their matchup. Instead, we will focus on the players that make your fantasy lineup decisions stressful each week. Read on to learn which midrange to low-end players you wouldn’t necessarily consider that you need to get into your lineup.

Note: All statistics are from Week 12 to Week 15, unless otherwise stated.

Fantasy football sleepers: Place kickers

David Buehler, Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals

Time for a Barth

Fantasy value: High-end No. 1

• Dallas has been giving Buehler a ton of opps of late. He has attempted 14 field goals in the last four weeks, making 11 of those attempts. He has connected on three extra points in each of his last four games.
• Arizona is giving up 10.5 kicking points per game to this position, which is the second highest average over the last month. Comprising that averaging is 3.75 field goal attempts, the most in the last month, and 1.50 extra point attempts per game.

Connor Barth, Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Seattle Seahawks

Fantasy value: No. 1 or bench

• Barth has missed just four field goals all year (19-of-23) and none of his seven FGAs in the last month. He has connected on six extra point attempts in that time.
• Seattle is giving up just 1.75 field goal attempts per game, but they're yielding 4.00 extra point attempts per game. They're ninth in the league in the last month with 8.5 kicking points allowed per game.
• Barth makes for a solid pickup on the waiver wire if you're looking to play the matchups this week.

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

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Bryce McRae
Bryce McRae is a Managing Editor with KFFL and has been involved in fantasy sports since 1999. He joined KFFL as a volunteer writer in March 2005 before becoming a Hot off the Wire Analyst in March 2006. He began working in his current capacity in September 2008. His work has appeared on fantasy sports sites such as Yahoo! and CBS Sportsline as well as in print. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2008 with a B.A. in History and U.S. Studies.

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