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Rank	Player	Team	Comments
1	Adam Vinatieri	IND	What do you get when you add the best clutch kicker on one of the most powerful offensive teams? #1 kicker available. IND may score less TD’s due to Edge’s departure, so more opportunities for Vinatieri.
2	Neil Rackers	ARZ	Rackers put up ungodly FG numbers for a kicker last year, but his PAT’s suffered due to their lack of getting in the endzone. Edge’s presence should help in getting more PAT attempts as well as more drives getting to the redzone.
3	Mike Vanderjagt	DAL	Vanderjagt is a very good and accurate kicker. Even though is clutch kicking is in doubt, that doesn’t really play a factor in FF. He should get numerous opportunities on the Cowboys this year.
4	Shayne Graham	CIN	Cincinnati’s offense should be as good as last year to provide Graham with a lot of attempts. It may be slow the first few weeks as Palmer comes back from injury, but by the end of the season, he will be golden.
5	Josh Brown	SEA	Seattle’s offense has returned except for Jurevicious. Maybe a few more FG chances will come from that departure. Very consistent point producer every week with very few bad games. Something to be said for that as an owner.
6	David Akers	PHI	Akers should rebound this year as PHI’s distraction is gone. I think his FG opportunities will rise as his PAT’s attempts go down. Similar to Rackers’ year last year.
7	Lawrence Tynes	KC	KC’s offense will be as good as usual. The hardest part will be in predicting Tynes off-field behavior and support now that Vermiel is gone. I equate the risk in drafting him as Janikowski was a few years ago.
8	Jason Elam	DEN	Denver’s offense will produce yards and points. Elam should hold his own as usual.
9	Jay Feely	NYG	Feely had a exceptionally good year last year. I expect him to have a good year as Manning gets better, but not quite as good as last year.
10	Jeff Reed	PIT	Now that Bettis has retired, PIT’s offense may not score as often in the red zone. Reed is very reliable and has the trust of Cowher.
11	Matt Stover	BAL	The only reason Stover is this high on the list is because of the trade for Steve McNair. His opportunities probably doubled as compared to what he may have seen with Boller at the helm.
12	John Kasay	CAR	I would like Kasay better, if Carolina was not so good at getting into the endzone with Steve Smith. Luckily Stephen Davis is gone which should help with more FG chances.
13	Ryan Longwell	MIN	Longwell has been a consistent point producer over the years. He left a bad GB squad for a okay MIN squad that may produce a lot of yards and chances for him to score. Longwell has a lot of upside this year, but the risk is during first few weeks of the season when they are still learning the West Coast Off.
14	Martin Gramatica	NE	At the time of this posting, Gramatica is the starter so watch this play out. NE’s offense is always consistently getting to the red zone which is great if you have their kicker. The question is can Gramatica kick in the snow accurately. This is a question we have not had to ask for a long time.
15	Todd Peterson	ATL	ATL will be a playoff team, so you will get many opportunities for points.
16	Jeff Wilkins	STL	Now that Martz is gone and Linehan is in, what will the offense do? Less turnovers may help Wilkins numbers, but will the new offense be productive?
17	Matt Bryant	TB	As Simm’s gets more experience, Bryant’s chances should increase. Having Clayton back for a full year should help as well.
18	Josh Scobee	JAC	I think JAC’s offense will be worse with the retirement of Jimmy Smith, but he always scored 7-10 TD’s a year, so a few of those may turn into FG attempts.
19	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	The potential for OAK to score a lot of points is there, but who knows, it’s the Raiders.
20	Nate Kaeding	SD	Kaeding dropped due to Rivers being the starter and learning on the fly. LT and Gates are TD machines, so his attempts are never that high.
21	Olinda Mare	MIA	Saban is building a very good team, and Mare will probably be a good waiver wire pickup later in the season. Harrington will be the starter until Culpepper gets back, and that is one scary thought.
22	Robbie Gould	CHI	If Grossman and Griese are able to stay healthy, then Chicago will score points. Otherwise you may need to drop Gould and find someone else.
23	Kris Brown	HOU	Brown was a good kicker on bad/underperforming offensive team. Maybe he gets more chances due to Moulds’s addition as well as Kubiak’s coaching.
24	John Hall	WAS	Hall is on a good team, but he has a tendency to get hurt. Backup at best.
25	Billy Cundiff	GB	GB cannot be as bad as last year. He will be a backup at best.
26	Rian Lindell	BUF	Lindell was a Jeckyl and Hyde kicker last year due to the offense having the same personality. A new coach and new system may not help things, but Jauron is a conservative coach which may help him in his FG attempts.
27	Mike Nugent	NYJ	Nugent could be a sleeper is Pennington stays healthy.
28	Rob Bironas	TEN	Tennessee was very competitive last year. The question is when will Vince Young start, and how will the offense fare. You are better off waiting and watching if possible.
29	John Carney	NO	NO could not play as bad as they did last year, but a new coach/new system affects offenses.
30	Jason Hanson	DET	Now that Harrington is gone, and Martz is in, the upside is there for Hansen.
31	Phil Dawson	CLE	Too many concerns on offense to choose, although he has a powerful leg.
32	Joe Nedney	SF	SF offense, enough said.

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