He becomes the league’s fourth highest paid kicker. Fairbairn, Houston’s kicker since 2017, has made 56 of his 59 field goal tries since the start of the 2022 season, becoming one of the NFL’s most reliable kickers along the way. He’s been solid from distance too, making 30 of his 40 attempts of 50-plus yards over seven pro seasons. With CJ Stroud commanding an explosive Texans offense, Fairbairn will be fantasy relevant for at least the next few years.

Fairbairn has missed more than a month of game action with a lingering quad injury that landed him on injured reserve. He should be back for this week’s game against Tennessee. An injury-marred Houston offense makes Fairbairn a very shaky fantasy option for the rest of the season. The Texans have the sixth most field goal attempts (29) in 2023.

According to Wilson, Fairbairn is fairing well in his recovery from a strained quad; he’s just not quite ready to go this week. The team won’t be activating him from injured reserve ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jets and has instead elevated Matt Ammendola from the practice squad. Ammendola is 6-of-9 on field goal attempts this season and made all three of his attempts in last week’s win over the Broncos.

Kickers, we know, but fill-in Matt Ammendola has been extremely shaky for the contending Texans. He has converted just 3-of-6 field goal attempts in the reliable Fairbairn’s absence. Fairbairn has been streamer worthy when healthy this season.