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  • Rams' Lucas Havrisik: Maintains kicking duties

    Havrisik is active Sunday against the Ravens, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic reports.

    Havrisik's role as the Rams' kicker was in question when the team added Mason Crosby earlier in the week. However, Crosby will be a healthy scratch in Week 14, and the former will retain his spot as the team's kicker for now.

  • Blake Grupe K | NO

    Saints' Blake Grupe: Will play Week 14

    Grupe (groin) is active for Sunday's game against Carolina.

    Grupe has been dealing with a groin injury over the past two weeks, but his ability to log a full practice all three days during Week 14 prep was a good indication that he'd be able to suit up. The rookie kicker knocked five field goals Week 12 against Atlanta, but his opportunities have otherwise been limited of late, as he's converted one or zero field goals in four of his past five contests.

  • Texans' Matt Ammendola: Called up from practice squad

    The Texans elevated Ammendola to the active roster Saturday.

    Ammendola appears to continue serving as the Texans' kicker for at least another week with Ka'imi Fairbairn continuing to work his way back from a quadriceps injury. Ammendola has made all 10 of his extra-point attempts and has gone 6-for-9 on field goal attempts.

  • Mason Crosby K | NYG

    Rams' Mason Crosby: Elevated to active roster

    Crosby was elevated from the practice squad Saturday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

    Presumably, the Rams wouldn't elevate Crosby unless they planned for him to kick Sunday, but the team hasn't officially announced who the starting kicker will be as of now. Saturday's designation is a complete 180 from the comments made by head coach Sean McVay on Friday, when he seemed to give some confidence Lucas Havrisik would get another opportunity Sunday in what's expected to be dreary conditions. Fantasy managers will likely get more information prior to the team's 1 p.m. ET kickoff.

  • Steelers' Chris Boswell: Makes 56-yarder in loss

    Boswell made his lone field-goal attempt while converting his lone extra-point try during the Steelers' 21-18 loss to New England on Thursday.

    Although Boswell was perfect during Thursday's primetime matchup, he didn't see much action. He made his second-longest field-goal attempt with a 56-yarder midway through the first quarter and made an extra-point try late in the second quarter, but the Steelers went for two after their lone touchdown in the second half. Still after missing a field-goal attempt during last week's loss to Arizona, it was encouraging to see the 32-year-old get back on track, even with a limited sample.

  • Rams' Lucas Havrisik: Likely to retain kicking gig Sunday

    Havrisik is expected to remain the Rams' kicker for Sunday's game against the Ravens after head coach Sean McVay suggested that Mason Crosby likely won't be elevated from the practice squad in Week 14, Stu Jackson of the team's official site reports.

    Havrisik's job still seems to be on notice after the Rams added the battle-tested Crosby to the practice squad Wednesday, but the former looks like he'll have at least one more chance to keep his spot on the roster. Since taking over as the Rams' kicker Week 8 following Brett Maher's release, Havrisik has connected on 10 of 11 extra-point attempts and seven of 10 field-goal tries in five games.

  • Raiders' Daniel Carlson: Good to go for Sunday

    Carlson (illness) doesn't have a designation for Sunday's game against the Vikings, Rachel Gossen of the Raiders' official site reports.

    Carlson was added to the Raiders' Week 14 injury report Thursday after an illness prevented him from practicing, but he was back on the field Friday as a full participant and is good to go for Sunday. This weekend, Carlson will be facing off against the team that selected him in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He's emerged as one of the NFL's most reliable kickers since leaving Minnesota midway through the 2018 season, converting on 89 percent of his field-goal attempts over 88 career games with the Raiders.

  • Blake Grupe K | NO

    Saints' Blake Grupe: Questionable for Sunday

    Grupe (groin) is listed as questionable ahead of Sunday's game against the Panthers, Matthew Paras of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

    Grupe was listed as a full practice participant Wednesday through Friday, but he'll take an injury designation into the weekend for the second game in a row nonetheless. The Saints waived kicker Austin Seibert from their practice squad Thursday, a likely indication that the team expects Grupe to be able to kick through the injury once again in Week 14.

  • Mason Crosby K | NYG

    Mason Crosby: Unlikely to play vs. Ravens

    Head coach Sean McVay suggested Friday that Crosby isn't expected to be elevated from the practice squad for Sunday's game against the Ravens, Stu Jackson of the team's official site reports.

    McVay didn't completely dismiss the possibility of Crosby kicking Sunday, but the team appears likely to stick with Lucas Havrisik against Baltimore. Crosby signed with the Rams' practice squad Wednesday and could be an alternative moving forward if Los Angeles decides to move on from Havrisik, who has missed three of 10 field-goal attempts since replacing Brett Maher as the kicker for the Rams.

  • Chad Ryland K | ARI

    Patriots' Chad Ryland: Three points Thursday

    Ryland made all three of his extra-point tries in Thursday's 21-18 win over the Steelers.

    For the second game in a row, Ryland didn't record any field-goal attempts; however, this time around the Patriots offense showed signs of life (after being shut out Week 13), which resulted in the kicker's only opportunities Thursday arriving on extra points. Ryland is still not a high-percentage fantasy option ahead of New England's Dec. 17 contest against the Chiefs, but the 2023 fourth-rounder has at least maintained his weekly role despite his accuracy issues (12 of 18 on FG tries) through 13 games this season.

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