Who Should I Start? Chris Boswell or Rodrigo Blankenship

Tuesday, September 19, 11:51 AM

Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell drilled both of his field goal attempts and went two-for-two on extra-point tries in a 26-22 victory over the Cleveland Browns. Boswell was busy on Monday night as Pittsburgh's offense was largely unable to capitalize on defensive stops. Still, it's hard to expect sustained production from a fantasy kicker on a team that struggles to score. Fantasy managers should continue to look elsewhere, even with Pittsburgh getting a favorable matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 3.

Monday, August 21, 6:14 PM

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers waived kicker Rodrigo Blankenship on Monday. Blankenship lost the kicking battle to Chase McLaughlin in training camp this summer and will now look to latch on with another team before the start of the 2023 regular season. The 26-year-old spent last year with the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals, going 4-for-5 on his field-goal tries and 4-for-5 on extra points in just three total games. As long as Tampa doesn't bring in more competition for McLaughlin to close out the preseason, he should enter Week 1 as the team's starting kicker. McLaughlin, 27, made 83.3 percent of his 36 field-goal attempts and made all 21 of his extra-point tries in 16 games with the Indianapolis Colts in 2022. The kicking position in Tampa won't be as exciting in fantasy now that Tom Brady isn't running the offense in 2023.