NFL Player News
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Cairo Santos K | CHI
Bears' Cairo Santos: Hot streak ends
Santos converted his lone field-goal attempt in the Bears' 20-17 loss to the Browns on Sunday.
Santos had an outstanding streak of four games with at least 10 points, but he only scored five against Cleveland. With upcoming matchups against Arizona and Atlanta, Santos could be in position to finish the season with strong scoring totals.
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Blake Grupe K | NO
Saints' Blake Grupe: Hits 50-yarder in win
Grupe made his only field goal attempt and all three of his extra-point tries during Sunday's 24-6 win against the Giants.
Grupe converted a 50-yard field goal try to put the Saints up 17-6 late in the third quarter. This marked the rookie's sixth made field goal of 50-plus yards this season, and he's now gone 3-for-6 from this range over the past nine games. Across 14 contests this season, Grupe has converted 25 of 32 field-goal tries while also knocking through all 30 of PATs. He'll look to finish strong over the final three games of the year, starting with this Thursday's matchup versus the Rams.
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Chris Boswell K | PIT
Steelers' Chris Boswell: Struggles in limited action
Boswell made one of two extra-point tries during the Steelers' 30-13 loss to the Colts on Saturday.
Boswell had made all 17 of his extra-point tries heading into Saturday's matchup, but he had a kick hit the right upright following Pittsburgh's first touchdown of the game. Despite his limited action Saturday, he's still been relatively accurate in 2023, making 23 of 25 field-goal attempts while converting 18 of 19 extra-point tries.
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Randy Bullock K | NYG
Giants' Randy Bullock: Exits Sunday with hamstring injury
Bullock headed to the locker room during Sunday's game against the Saints after sustaining a right hamstring injury and is questionable to return, Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports.
Per Raanan, the Giants will likely turn to punter Jamie Gillan to handle kicking duties if Bullock can't return to Sunday's contest. Bullock converted a 56-yard field goal to conclude the Giants' opening possession of the game but appeared to tweak his hamstring on the ensuing kickoff.
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Younghoe Koo K | NYG
Falcons' Younghoe Koo: Good to go versus Carolina
Koo (illness) is active for Sunday's game against the Panthers.
Koo was a late addition to the Falcons' injury report Saturday after picking up an illness, though the team elected not to add a kicker to the active roster. Koo has connected on 25 of 28 field-goal attempts and 20 of 21 extra-point tries this season.
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Riley Patterson K | MIA
Lions' Riley Patterson: Loses job as kicker
Patterson (coach's decision) is inactive for Saturday's Week 15 contest against the Broncos.
After Patterson missed his second extra-point attempt in three weeks last Sunday in a loss to the Bears, Detroit signed veteran kicker Michael Badgley to the active roster. The team will turn to Badgley against Denver on Saturday night while Patterson will be inactive. It's unclear if the move is permanent -- aside from the two recent extra-point misses, Patterson has been mostly fine this season, going 15-for-17 on field-goal tries and making his previous 35 extra-point attempts.
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Mike Badgley K | IND
Lions' Michael Badgley: Swapping in for Patterson
Badgley is active for Saturday's game against the Broncos.
Riley Patterson had served as the Lions' placekicker for the first 13 contests of the season, but he's been usurped by Badgley for Week 15 after the latter was elevated from the practice squad earlier Saturday. Badgley made 12 appearances for Detroit last season, connecting on 20 of 24 field-goal attempts and all 33 point-after tries for a respectable 7.8 points per game.
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Mike Badgley K | IND
Lions' Michael Badgley: Joins active roster
Badgley was elevated to the Lions' active roster Saturday.
It's unclear if Badgley is simply an insurance policy for Riley Patterson, or if the aforementioned starter may be losing his grip on the starting job after missing an extra-point attempt in two of the past three weeks. Badgley last kicked for the Lions and Bears last season, when he converted 24 of his 28 field-goal attempts and 10 of 13 attempts from 40-plus yards out.
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Younghoe Koo K | NYG
Falcons' Younghoe Koo: Has illness, questionable for Sunday
Koo was added to the Falcons' Week 15 injury report Saturday due to an illness, making him questionable for Sunday's game in Carolina, Scott Bair of the team's official site reports.
Atlanta didn't make a corresponding move to add a kicker to the active roster, so the team may feel confident that Koo will be able to play through his ailment, even if he isn't 100 percent. Still, his status for Week 15 won't be confirmed until about 90 minutes before Sunday's 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff.
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Ka'imi Fairbairn K | HOU
Texans' Ka'imi Fairbairn: Ready to kick Sunday
Fairbairn (quadricep) was activated from injured reserve and will serve as the Texans' kicker Sunday against the Titans.
Fairbairn hasn't played since Week 10 due a groin injury, but his absence was sorely missed given Matt Ammendola missed three of his nine field-goal attempts over the team's past five games. The Texans offense might be a bit more inefficient without star signal-caller C.J. Stroud (concussion) playing Sunday, so Fairbairn's scoring opportunities could be limited as a result.