Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Kickers (Week 12)

We will have you covered throughout the fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential fantasy football waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top kickers and fantasy football waiver wire targets for the week below. And here are all of our fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 12.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Kickers

Kickers

Written by Pat Fitzmaurice

Cairo Santos (K – CHI): 21% Rostered

Next Opponents: PIT, @PHI, @GB
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Cairo Santos has quietly been one of the league’s hottest kickers, at least for fantasy. Santos has produced double-digit fantasy points in three of his last four games and in four of his last five games if you go back to Week 4, before Santos missed a couple of games with a quad injury. For the season, Santos is averaging 10 fantasy points per game. He draws a favorable Week 12 matchup against the Steelers, who are giving up 10.6 fantasy points per game to kickers.

Matt Prater (K – BUF): 46% Rostered

Next Opponents: @HOU, @PIT, CIN
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: It’s generally desirable to have kickers attached to high-scoring offenses. The Bills are among the highest-scoring teams in the league, averaging 29.2 points per game. Matt Prater made his only field goal try of the day on Sunday, a 39-yarder, and went 5-of-5 on extra points as the Bills beat the Buccaneers 44-32 in windy conditions in Buffalo. Wind shouldn’t be an issue for Prater in Week 12, when the Bills visit the Texans in Houston

Evan McPherson (K – CIN): 38% Rostered

Next Opponents: NE, @BAL, @BUF
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Evan McPherson has produced at least eight fantasy points in each of his last four games, averaging 11 fantasy points per game over that stretch. During Joe Flacco‘s five-game run as Cincinnati’s starting quarterback, the Bengals have averaged 28.6 points per game. McPherson himself has been solid this season, connecting on 13-of-16 field goals and 23-of-23 extra points.

Andy Borregales (K – NE): 10% Rostered

Next Opponents: @CIN, NYG, BYE
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: The Patriots are humming on offense thanks to the weekly consistency of Drake Maye and a recent jolt of electricity from rookie TreVeyon Henderson. This week, the Patriots get a favorable matchup against the defensively challenged Bengals, who are yielding 33.4 points per game. The Bengals are giving up 9.9 fantasy points per game to kickers. Andy Borregales is 6-of-7 on field goals and 13-of-13 on extra points over his last four games.

Cam Little (K – JAX): 30% Rostered

Next Opponents: @ARI, @TEN, IND
True Value: $0
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: The cannon-legged Cam Little booted an NFL-record 68-yard field goal a few weeks ago, and he’s produced double-digit fantasy points in two of his last three games. Little gets a warm-weather Week 12 matchup against the Cardinals in Arizona. It’s a kicker-friendly matchup, too: Arizona is allowing 10 fantasy points per game to kickers.