Top Streaming Fantasy Kickers and D/STs for Week 10
Fantasy 11/9/22
I'm going out on a limb here and saying there's a good chance you need to stream a kicker or defense in fantasy for Week 10. Justin Tucker, Nick Folk, Greg Zuerlein and Evan McPherson are all on their bye weeks. Luckily, there's a plethora of kickers to stream in Week 10. The matchups aren't too great, though. Same with the defenses, too.
As a reminder, eligible kickers and defenses for this column must not be rostered in more than 50% of leagues, per FantasyPros' rostership data.Â
Top Streaming Kickers for Week 10
Ka'imi Fairbairn, HOU, at NYG
- Rostered in 2.2% of leagues
- Fairbairn is 10th in fantasy points among kickers.
- Fairbairn has scored 8+ fantasy points in five of his eight games this season.
- He's attempted multiple field goals in all but two games this season.
- The Giants have allowed the 6th-most fantasy points to kickers.
- Only one kicker has failed to reach 7 fantasy points against New York.
- Only two kickers have failed to reach 8 fantasy points against them.
- Five of eight kickers have scored 10+ fantasy points against them.
- The Giants have allowed at least two field goals made in all but one game.
Matthew Wright, PIT, v. NO
- Rostered in fewer than 1% of leagues
- Pittsburgh signed Wright off Kansas City's practice squad while Chris Boswell deals with a groin injury.
- In two games with the Chiefs this season, Wright was 3/4 in field goals and 8/8 in extra points.
- He scored 12 and 7 fantasy points, respectively.
- The Steelers offense is… not good.
- Yet Boswell has four of his even games with 8+ fantasy points.
- He failed to reach six points in his three other games.
- Only the Bengals have allowed more fantasy points to kickers than the Saints.
- Only one kicker failed to score 8+ points against them.
- Only two kickers have failed to score 10+ points against them.
Brett Maher, DAL, at GB
- Rostered in 21.5% of leagues
- Maher is 9th in fantasy points among kickers.
- That includes four games of 11+ fantasy points.
- Those came between Weeks 2-5, though.
- The Cowboys have the 12th-most red-zone scoring attempts over the last three games.
- The Packers have allowed the 14th-most fantasy points to kickers.
- Fantasy points Green Bay has allowed to kickers over the last five games: 10, 8, 10, 10, 1
- Vegas favors the Cowboys by five points, which suggests a positive game script.
- Dallas could resort to more field goals when/if they get a lead.
Top Streaming D/STs for Week 10
Cardinals D/ST at Rams
- Rostered in 11.8% of leagues
- Cardinals D/ST is 11th in fantasy points among defenses.
- They have three games of 12+ fantasy points.
- The Rams have allowed the most fantasy points to opposing offenses.
- The Rams average the third-most giveaways per game.
- They have also allowed the fifth-most sacks per game.
- Only two D/STs have failed to score 8+ fantasy points against the Rams.
- Matthew Stafford is in concussion protocol.
- The backup is John Wolford.
Broncos D/ST at Titans
- Rostered in 28.3% of leagues
- The Broncos D/ST is 8th in fantasy points among defenses.
- They've scored fewer than 6 fantasy points just once this season.
- Denver is tied for the fifth-most sacks.
- They've also caught at least one interception in half of their games.
- Only the Raiders (Week 4) have scored 20+ points against the Broncos.
- The Titans are 12th in fantasy points allowed to opposing defenses.Â
- Malik Willis was sacked three times each in his last two games.
- As of Wednesday, it looks like Willis will get the start again.
- Vegas currently projects this to be the lowest-scoring game of Week 10.
- The over/under dropped from 39 to 36.5 on DraftKings in the first half of the week.
Giants D/ST v. Texans
- Rostered in 7.2% of leagues
- The Giants' D/ST is 24th in fantasy points among defenses.
- They've held teams to 23 points or less in every game except Week 8.
- The Texans are 13th in fantasy points allowed to opposing D/STs.
- D/STs average 7.4 fantasy points against Houston.
- Every D/ST (except the Bears in Week 3) has scored between 6 and 11 fantasy points against Houston.
- The Texans have scored the fifth-fewest points per game.
- The Giants are tied with the seventh-fewest points allowed per game.
- Davis Mills has thrown an interception in five of eight games this season.
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