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Bullock

The placement on injured reserve will end the veteran kicker’s season. Bullock made five of six field goal attempts in five games for the Giants and is likely headed for another offseason of free agency.

This means Bullock, who has operated as the team’s starting kicker over the past couple games, will remain the kicker going forward. The Giants lost Graham Gano to a season-ending knee injury this month. Bullock has made both of his field goal tries and all six of his extra points this season. He is not fantasy viable in Week 12 against the Patriots.

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.

Bullock will take the place on Graham Gano, who is slated to undergo knee surgery after missing four field goals over New York’s past four games, including two in Week 8’s loss to the Jets. Bullock, who has made 83 percent of his kicks since entering the NFL in 2013, isn’t a fantasy option attached to a Giants offense that creates little neutral or positive game script. The Giants are 11th in field goal attempts (17) this season.

This report comes via NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Fantasy managers rostering Gano will need a new kicker for the next few weeks, as Gano will be required to miss at least the next four games. The Giants signed Gano to a three-year, $16.5 million extension in September, but veteran has struggled to live up to his deal, converting 11-of-17 field goal attempts, which is well below the 90.6 percent conversion rate he had last year. In a corresponding move, the Giants signed veteran Randy Bullock to the practice squad and will likely elevate him before Sunday’s Week 9 contest against the Raiders.

Bullock has been with the Titans for two years. He hit 17-of-20 field goals in 2022 and knocked down all of his extra points. His release saves the Titans $2 million. A veteran of ten years, Bullock should land a job somewhere else around the league for the 2023 season.

If active -- and it looks likely he will be -- Bullock will re-assume kicking duties from “Caleb Shudak.” Bullock got in three full practices this week without incident and should be good to go. He’s a weak streamer against the Eagles.

“Caleb Shudak” will handle kicking duties vs. the Bengals. You must do better if you are streaming in the kicker spot.

Bullock got in a limited session Thursday before being listed as a non-participant again on Friday. The team signed kicker Caleb Shudak in an associated move, who is expected to kick on Sunday.

He did not practice on Friday after getting in a limited session Thursday -- that doesn’t augur as promising for his chances of suiting up. Caleb Shudak -- yes, we definitely know who this is -- appears set to kick in Bullock’s absence on Sunday. Shudak won’t be a recommended streamer.