Week 18 Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings: Cairo Santos Moves Into The Top 10

Michael Fabiano | 2 Hours Ago

Chicago Bears kicker Cairo Santos faces the Detroit Lions in Week 18. / Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Welcome to Week 18 and the fantasy football championship (for those of you who are bold enough to make this your final week). Let’s talk about the challenges ahead. 

The NFL slate doesn’t include a Thursday night game. Instead, it features two games on Saturday. The Carolina Panthers face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 4:30 p.m. ET with the winner taking the NFC South title (unless the Falcons win, then the Panthers win the division either way) and the No. 4 seed in the conference. At 8 p.m. ET, the San Francisco 49ers host the Seattle Seahawks in a battle for the NFC West championship and the No. 1 seed in that conference. Obviously, these games are huge.

The difficulty in playing in Week 18, of course, is the number of players who won’t play. We already know that Justin Herbert and some other Chargers starters won’t play this week, which affects the value of Cameron Dicker. The Packers are likely to rest players too, affecting Brandon McManus, since they are locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC. 

Other teams will do the same thing, and some of those players won’t even be known until Sunday. Again, this is the challenge of playing fantasy in the NFL’s final week.

With that said, here are my complete fantasy football kicker rankings for Week 18 of the NFL season!  Be sure to check back daily for updates!

Week 18 Fantasy Kicker Rankings

RK	Player	TM	Opponent
1	Brandon Aubrey	DAL	at NYG
2	Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	vs. IND
3	Jason Myers	SEA	at SF
4	Harrison Mevis	LAR	vs. ARI
5	Cairo Santos	CHI	vs. DET
6	Cam Little	JAC	vs. TEN
7	Chase McLaughlin	TB	vs. CAR
8	Tyler Loop	BAL	at PIT
9	Will Reichard	MIN	vs. GB
10	Eddy Piniero	SF	vs. SEA
11	Charlie Smyth	NO	at ATL
12	Michael Badgley	BUF	vs. NYJ
13	Chris Boswell	PIT	vs. BAL
14	Jake Bates	DET	at CHI
15	Cameron Dicker	LAC	at DEN
16	Jake Elliott	PHI	vs. WAS
17	Evan McPherson	CIN	vs. CLE
18	Brandon McManus	GB	at MIN
19	Daniel Carlson	LV	vs. KC
20	Harrison Butker	KC	at LV
21	Zane Gonzalez	ATL	vs. NO
22	Ben Sauls	NYG	vs. DAL
23	Ryan Fitzgerald	CAR	at TB
24	Wil Lutz	DEN	vs. LAC
25	Nick Folk	NYJ	at BUF
26	Andre Szmyt	CLE	at CIN
27	Joey Slye	TEN	at JAC
28	Chad Ryland	ARI	at LAR
29	Blake Grupe	IND	at HOU
30	Andy Borregales	NE	vs. MIA
31	Riley Patterson	MIA	at NE
32	Jake Moody	WAS	at PHI