Fantasy Football Week 6 Kicker Projections: The Two ‘Skis At The Top

Week 6 means more bye teams and more decisions on who to start. We look at fantasy player projections to help.

Oct 14, 2011, 4:46 PM UTC

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Week 6 Bye Teams: Denver, Tennessee, Kansas City, Arizona, San Diego, Seattle

With bye weeks in play, if you’re holding a kicker on one of the six teams above, you’ll need a replacement for Week 6. Fortunately, there are always kickers available on the waiver wire, but who do you pick?

Our friends at numberFire.com gave us the following list of their Top 25 kicker projections for Week 6 of fantasy football. They base their numbers on historical statistical data fed into magical computer algorithms that produce the projections.

The two 'Skis, Sebastian Janikowski and Stephen Gostkowski, are the top dogs for kickers in Week 6. But some guys a little lower on the list might be who is available for one-week replacement duty. Look into Billy Cundiff, Josh Brown or Dan Bailey among others.

Top Defenses powered by numberFire.com
Rank	Player	Opponent	Points
1	Sebastian Janikowski (K, OAK)	vs. CLE	10.08
2	Stephen Gostkowski (K, NE)	vs. DAL	8.83
3	Mason Crosby (K, GB)	vs. STL	8.76
4	Rian Lindell (K, BUF)	vs. NYG	8.67
5	John Kasay (K, NO)	vs. TB	8.52
6	Jason Hanson (K, DET)	vs. SF	8.07
7	Nick Folk (K, NYJ)	vs. MIA	8.02
8	David Akers (K, SF)	vs. DET	7.63
9	Billy Cundiff (K, BAL)	vs. HOU	7.45
10	Dan Bailey (K, DAL)	vs. NE	7.42
11	Shaun Suisham (K, PIT)	vs. JAX	7.24
12	Mike Nugent (K, CIN)	vs. IND	7.05
13	Ryan Longwell (K, MIN)	vs. CHI	6.81
14	Robbie Gould (K, CHI)	vs. MIN	6.80
15	Matt Bryant (K, ATL)	vs. CAR	6.76
16	Lawrence Tynes (K, NYG)	vs. BUF	6.57
17	Alex Henery (K, PHI)	vs. WAS	6.49
18	Neil Rackers (K, HOU)	vs. BAL	6.26
19	Olindo Mare (K, CAR)	vs. ATL	6.06
20	Phil Dawson (K, CLE)	vs. OAK	5.85
21	Adam Vinatieri (K, IND)	vs. CIN	5.83
22	Dan Carpenter (K, MIA)	vs. NYJ	5.60
23	Josh Brown (K, STL)	vs. GB	5.43
24	Graham Gano (K, WAS)	vs. PHI	4.84
25	Connor Barth (K, TB)	vs. NO	4.67