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  • Blake Grupe K | NO

    Saints' Blake Grupe: Perfect in debut

    Grupe made all three of his field-goal tries and his only extra-point attempt in a 16-15 victory over the Titans on Sunday.

    Grupe's debut was a success, and his accuracy was ultimately crucial in the team's one-point victory. The Notre Dame product won the team's kicker job as an undrafted free agent and didn't disappoint Sunday. He hit field goals from 26 and 33 yards out before drilling a 52-yarder to tie the game at 9-9 in the third quarter. He'll look to stay perfect in a Week 2 Monday night matchup against the Panthers.

  • Greg Joseph K | LV

    Vikings' Greg Joseph: Solid in low-scoring affair

    Joseph made his only field-goal attempt and both of his two extra-point tries in Sunday's 20-17 loss versus Tampa Bay.

    In a Week 1 game that saw Kirk Cousins and the Vikings offense turn the ball over three times and struggle throughout, Joseph didn't see many opportunities to score. His lone field-goal attempt came in the second quarter from 25 yards out, and he remained perfect from under 30 yards (23-for-23) on his career. Minnesota has a tough matchup on tap in Week 2 when it plays at Philadelphia on a short week Thursday.

  • Matt Gay K | SF

    Colts' Matt Gay: Doesn't attempt field goal

    Gay converted all three of his extra-point tries but did not attempt a field goal in Sunday's 31-21 loss versus Jacksonville.

    Watching Indianapolis turn the ball over on downs three separate times in Jaguars territory in Week 1 was probably frustrating for Gay and fantasy managers alike. However, Gay did make good on the opportunities he saw and has now missed just two of his last 100 extra-point tries. In Week 2, Gay will again get to kick in a dome when the Colts visit a Houston team that ceded just one field-goal attempt to Baltimore and Justin Tucker on Sunday.

  • Bengals' Evan McPherson: Quiet day in blowout loss

    McPherson made one of his two field-goal attempts in Sunday's 24-3 loss at Cleveland.

    McPherson converted on a 42-yard field goal on Cincinnati's first drive of the second half to cut the Browns' lead to 10-3, but he saw only one more opportunity to kick the ball after that. On the Bengals' next possession, he pushed a 51-yard attempt wide to the right. Joe Burrow and company being stifled almost entirely is probably an aberration, and McPherson's miss was just the third of his career from 50-plus after 17 attempts. If nothing else, Cincinnati's offense seems like a good bet to improve on its Week 1 point total in Week 2 versus Baltimore.

  • Chad Ryland K | ARI

    Patriots' Chad Ryland: Two points in opener

    Ryland made both of his extra-point tries in Sunday's season-opening 25-20 loss to the Eagles.

    With Nick Folk having been traded to the Titans at the end of August, Ryland is entrenched as the Patriots' kicker this season and will thus have plenty of weeks where he'll be called upon more. The 2023 fourth-rounder's next chance to log a field-goal attempt will arrive this coming weekend when the Patriots host the Dolphins.

  • Jaguars' Brandon McManus: Perfect in Jags debut

    McManus made his lone field-goal attempt and all four PATs during Sunday's 31-21 win against the Colts.

    The 32-year-old signed with Jacksonville in May shortly after being let go by Denver, and he had no issues during his first game in a new uniform. McManus had a strong showing during the preseason and retained that form Week 1, as he converted his lone field goal from 45 yards and was perfect on PATs. The veteran kicker is likely to be a decent fantasy option this year given the Jaguars' promising offense and his strong leg.

  • Younghoe Koo K | NYG

    Falcons' Younghoe Koo: Perfect in Week 1

    Koo made his lone field-goal attempt and all three of his point-after tries during Sunday's 24-10 win over the Panthers.

    Koo tied the game at 10 with a 49-yard field goal in the third quarter, but that was his only field-goal try, as the Falcons' offense was efficient in Carolina's territory. The undrafted kicker got off to a shaky start during the preseason, missing two extra-point attempts in the opener, but as expected, Koo was solid in the regular-season opener and remains one of the more reliable kickers in the league.

  • Steelers' Chris Boswell: Makes lone kick in blowout loss

    Boswell made his lone extra-point try during the Steelers' 30-7 loss to the 49ers on Sunday.

    The Steelers' offense was unable to generate much production during Sunday's regular-season opener, and Boswell didn't have any field-goal attempts in the blowout loss. However, he still made his lone kick after winning the starting placekicking job during the offseason. After an inefficient 2022 in which he made just 71.4 percent of his field-goal attempts, he'll attempt to bounce back in 2023.

  • Chargers' Cameron Dicker: Perfect once more

    Dicker converted both of his field-goal attempts and all four of his extra-point attempts in Sunday's 36-34 loss to the Dolphins.

    Dicker connected on a career-long 50-yard field goal near the end of the first half and extended a regular-season streak of made kicks that dates back to Week 13 of last season. While the undrafted second-year player might not have the strongest leg, he's been a reliable leg inside 50 yards since taking over as the starting kicker for the Chargers last season.

  • Jason Myers K | SEA

    Seahawks' Jason Myers: Makes two field goals

    Myers hit two of three field-goal attempts and his lone extra-point try in Sunday's 30-13 loss to the Rams.

    Myers hit field goals from 36 and 42 yards to start the season, but he missed by hitting the right upright late in the second quarter. The Seahawks didn't score at all in the second half. Myers will enjoy a dome environment in the Week 2 matchup versus the Lions in Detroit.

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