Joey Slye Fantasy

Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano, who missed all of last season with a left leg injury, is set to compete with Joey Slye for the job this summer in training camp. Slye filled in last year and made 78.1 percent of his kicks (23rd in the league) and missed four extra points. Gano, 33, is doing well in his rehab and has been kicking and working out at the team's facilities. The kicker also missed the last four games of the 2018 season with a knee injury, which later revealed a fractured femur. He made a career-high 96.7 percent of his field goals in his last full season in 2017, which led the NFL. Gano has two years remaining on his contract and would cost around $3 million in dead salary cap space over 2020 and 2021 if he's released. If fully healthy and effective, Gano should have a leg up on the competition, but stay tuned for training camp updates. Gano has the leg to be a fantasy starter if he can regain his 2017 form.

Jun. 17th • 3:54 PM

The Carolina Panthers agreed to a one-year contract extension with impending exclusive-rights free-agent kicker Joey Slye on Thursday. In Slye's first NFL season, he was 25-for-32 on field-goal attempts and made 31 of his 35 extra points. He was 8-for-11 from 50-plus yards, with his longest make coming from 55 yards out. Slye's eight made kicks of over 50 yards was the most in the NFL in 2019 and set a franchise record. He also had 70 kickoffs with only three not resulting in a touchback. Slye took over as the kicker when Graham Gano was placed on Injured Reserve before the start of the season. He has a big leg, but he'll need to be more consistent to keep his job moving forward.

Feb. 6th • 10:57 PM

Carolina Panthers kicker Joey Slye went 4-for-4 during the Thursday night loss to the Buccaneers. The rookie was efficient, to say the least, accounting for all of the team's offensive production while also tallying his second and third 50-plus yard kicks of the season. With quarterback Cam Newton failing to find the end zone throughout the first two games of the year, look for the 23-year-old to continue to shoulder the load of a struggling offense outside of Christian McCaffrey and D.J. Moore.

Sep. 13th • 4:43 AM