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York will likely kick for the Saints this week against the Dolphins after the team released Blake Grupe following his two missed field goal tries against the Falcons in Week 12. York, who has bounced around the NFL since entering the league in 2022 with the Browns, converted nine of his 11 field goal attempts in 2024 with the Bengals. York has a career conversion rate of 73 percent. He should remain on waiver wires for now.

Grupe, the team’s kicker since 2023, missed two field goals in Week 12 against the Falcons. It was part of a larger trend, as Grupe has now missed eight of his 26 field goal tries after making 85 percent of his attempts during his first two years with the Saints. Former Browns and 49ers kicker Cade York is likely to kick for the Saints in Week 13 against the Dolphins.

Tucker’s 10-game suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy due to his involvement in sexually inappropriate behavior was lifted two weeks ago. Now, the 36-year-old kicker will have a chance to try out for the Saints, who are looking for a potential upgrade over Blake Grupe after his two missed field goals in Week 12’s loss to the Falcons. Tucker had his worst season as a pro in 2024, converting on a career-low 73.3 percent of his field goal attempts while going 11-for-19 from 40-plus yards. Among other participants in the tryout will be Cade York, who last kicked for the Commanders in 2024, going 0-for-2 on his attempts.

The Bengals will call him up to the game-day roster for at least a few weeks while Evan McPherson recovers from a groin injury. York kicked for the Commanders in Week 1 but missed both of his field goal tries and was promptly cut. Despite the weak showing in Washington, York will be a solid fantasy option behind a powerhouse Bengals offense.

York missed both of his field goal attempts against the Buccaneers on Sunday. The 23-year-old looked like one of the best kicking prospects to come out of the draft in a long time back in 2022, but maybe there’s no such thing as a kicking prospect. The Commanders will now be looking for a new kicker for Week 2 against the Giants. This is also somewhat significant for the Browns, as the York trade stipulated that York had to be on the roster for two games for the team to get a conditional seventh-round pick.

York will have a chance to compete with Riley Patterson for the Commanders’ kicker job after Patterson has struggled in camp and his two preseason games. York didn’t kick in a regular season game last year, and was 24-for-32 on his attempts in 2022. York has converted on both field goals he’s attempted this preseason, including one from 55 yards out. We’ll see where the Washington kicker battle goes from here, but York will undoubtedly put the heat on Patterson before the season.

York kicked in all 17 games for the Browns in 2022, converting on 75 percent of his field goals and 94.6 percent of his extra points. Despite spending time with the Titans and Giants in 2023, he was unable to land a spot on a 53-man roster and hasn’t kicked in an NFL game since his 2022 rookie campaign. Now back with the Browns, he’ll presumably have a chance to reclaim his role as the team’s starting kicker in camp this offseason.

York, a prodigious kicker at LSU who played his way out of Cleveland during the preseason, will square off with veteran Randy Bullock for the Giants’ kicking job after the team lost Graham Gano to a season-ending knee injury. Neither York nor Bullock would have much fantasy appeal attached to the Giants’ sluggish offense. The Giants are 11th in field goal attempts (17) this season.

Just moments after the Browns traded for Chargers kicker Dustin Hopkins, the team made the move to cut Cade York. York converted just 4-of-8 field goals this season and saw his final preseason attempt blocked by the Chiefs. York converted 24 of his 32 field goal attempts last season and will likely find another job at some point in the season.

Second-year kicker Cameron Dicker won the Chargers’ kicking competition, making Hopkins expendable. Now, Hopkins will get a chance to win the Browns starting kicker job over Cade York, who has struggled throughout training camp and the preseason. Hopkins made both of his preseason field goal attempts and has converted on 84.8 percent of his attempts for his career.