New England Patriots kicker Mike Nugent made his debut with the team, hitting both of his field goal attempts but missing an extra-point in the Patriots win over the Redskins. The 37-year-old won an open tryout this week after long-time kicker Stephen Gostkowski was placed on IR with a hip injury. Nugent missed on his first extra-point attempt but bounced back by hitting field goals from 23 and 37 yards respectively. Playing on a team with a dynamic offense will earn him some value in the ...

The Patriots have signed free-agent kicker Mike Nugent to replace Stephen Gostkowski, who was placed on Injured Reserve on Wednesday. Gostkowski is a candidate to return later this year, but Nugent will handle the kicking duties for New England in the meantime. The second-round pick back in 2005 played in three games for the Raiders last year and went 6-for-6 on field goals and 4-for-5 on extra points. He has a career 81.4 percent field-goal percentage, although he's 13-for-30 on attempts of ...

The Oakland Raiders placed kicker Mike Nugent (hip) on Injured Reserve on Wednesday. He'll be out for at least the next eight weeks of the season. In his place, Oakland signed undrafted free-agent kicker Matt McCrane to handle the kicking duties moving forward. Oakland's kicking situation needs to be avoided by fantasy owners.

Oakland Raiders kicker Mike Nugent (hip) injured his hip in the Week 3 loss to the Dolphins, and the team will try out kickers this week. Well be working out numerous people, head coach Jon Gruden said, via Michael Gehlken of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nugent had made all six of his field goal attempts and was 4-for-5 on extra points before his injury. Whoever signs with Oakland to replace Nugent won't be on the fantasy radar. It's unclear how long Nugent's injury will keep him out.

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Welcome, one and all, to the weekly piece that puts my rankings under the microscope and gives me a chance to explain myself against the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) found on FantasyPros. I did decently in Week 1, scoring 29th out of ~130 experts, but if I'm going to beat my 9th place finish from '17 then I've got work to do! I'll be examining my own ranks against the ECR on a position-by-position basis, as the overall and flex tabs can simply get insane with every position folded in with [...]

Week 1 is in the books and fantasy players everywhere have officially started panicking. Two of the top five kickers from this week were largely unowned heading into this week, while other fantasy mainstays fell by the wayside. Week 2 kicks off with everyone scrambling to pick up breakout stars. For those that stream kickers from week to week, there are a few options available to you. However, the majority of the top options this week are established talents on good offenses. Make sure to [...]

Welcome, one and all, to the weekly piece that puts my rankings under the microscope and gives me a chance to explain myself against the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) found on FantasyPros. If this is your first time reading me, then hi! Why should you care about me? Well, my finish as the ninth-most accurate in-season expert on FantasyPros out of ~125 smart cookies last season should suffice. I'm out here trying to hang with the Sean Koerners and Jake Cielys of the world, and you'll have a [...]

This article references Cairo Santos and more! The Chicago Bears are expected to sign free-agent place kicker Mike Nugent to replace Cairo Santos (groin), who injured his groin before the Week 13 game. Nugent spent seven seasons with the Bengals before going 7-for-9 for the Cowboys earlier this year. He will not be a fantasy option for the Bears struggling offense.Keep on reading: Mike Nugent To Replace Cairo Santos