Column: Kicker Report Week 1, 2026

The NFL is finally back. With it, my disdain for kickers has been renewed. This first week did not offer too terribly much by way of kicking disasters, but there are still some to unpack.

First off, I have no idea if anybody took my advice regarding drafting a fantasy football kicker, but I am willing to stand by it. Draft a rookie kicker in the final round of your draft (save real picks for real players). When a kicker is a rookie, he has not yet been indoctrinated into the Fraternity of Suck. My rookie kicker this year, with an average draft position over 2,000, is Dominic Zvada of my beloved New York Giants.