Maybe the reason why people don't like kickers is we mostly notice them when they screw up. Perhaps if we all had a chance to kick a 40-yard field goal, we'd see it's actually pretty difficult, and have more sympathy, but that's not how things work. Anyway, the Steelers and Jaguars lost and the Ravens and Colts won because kickers didn't do their jobs. Several other kickers missed short kicks and their teams overcame them, with fantasy matchups won and lost by the extra fantasy points (Brees to Spiller, anyone?)

Fortunately, there was a lot of more interesting stuff going on then kickers missing field goals. Here were the highs and lows from the games I saw most of yesterday.

Jets vs. Dolphins across the pond: Football at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. There are worse ways to enjoy one's morning coffee and egg sandwich. But not much worse teams to watch than the Dolphins, who really seem to have more talent than they're showing each week. They don't seem to use the right players, they're sending passes to forgettable options like Greg Jennings while ignoring better ones, they don't run well or often enough. It's ugly. Unsurprisingly, Chris Ivory and Brandon Marshall had a huge game against Miami's sad sack defense. Jets enter their bye feeling good about themselves and Ivory will be fully healthy and helping fantasy teams coming out of it. Dolphins may/will have a new coaching staff.

Texans at Falcons: Boom. I'm not sure Devonta Freeman is actually this good, but clearly opponents need to take this Atlanta running game under Kyle Shanahan seriously. Tevin Coleman also looked solid before getting hurt. The negative is for those of us who started Julio Jones and Matt Ryan; when a team runs the ball that well and scores multiple times on defense, you get bad numbers out of the passing game. But tough to complain too much if you've been starting these guys. ... DeAndre Hopkins big game in defeat; he also had a touchdown erased when he stepped out of bounds before the catch. Brian Hoyer replaced Ryan Mallett in this game; that switch will occur another 1-2 times before the season ends. We need to merge them together into one great Bryan HoyMallet. Arian Foster touched the ball 11 times and at least didn't get hurt. Maybe next game he'll help you, but this wasn't the one.

Giants at Bills: Sad to say I saw way too much of this game, and it was a really disappointing effort from Tyrod Taylor and company. Poor decision-making, throwing third and fourth-and-goal passes short of the end zone, forcing balls, not looking downfield enough. Basically everything Taylor was doing well in the first few games, he didn't do here. Nice game for Charles Clay and solid production overall, ultimately, from Karlos Williams, but a step back for the Bills offense. ... The Giants, meanwhile, looked more like a team that's going to take control of the NFC East. They had a few miscues too, letting the Bills hang around way too long. If the Bills hadn't missed a short field goal, they'd have been within 7 points in the third quarter (that miss forced them to go for it later rather than kicking a field goal). Don't get too excited by Rashad Jennings' long touchdown. Blown tackle in the backfield; if he makes that play, it's a quiet day. Andre Williams ran in 2-point conversion. Spectacular one-handed catch by Odell Beckham Jr.; alas, it was out of bounds, so he had a dud game.

Raiders at Bears: Most surprising thing about this game is you'd have liked to see a little more out of the Raiders offense. Carr threw 2 TDs, Amari Cooper scored. But the running game really disappointed and nobody did as much as expected against a soft Bears defense. And that's why they lost. ... Unsurprisingly, Martellus Bennett had a huge day against a Raiders defense that really needs to look at the way they don't cover tight ends. It's really just appalling. But hey, decent game for Matt Forte, solid effort by Jay Cutler without his top wide receiver, and the Bears leave the ranks of the winless. They even sort of stole a touchdown play to Eddie Royal from the Chargers.

Jaguars at Colts: My wife picked the Colts in a Survivor Pool, before knowing Andrew Luck was hurting ("He'll be fine!" I assured her), so I was glad the Colts won this thing. But good grief, they had no business winning this. The Jaguars missed three game-winning field goals (one negated anyway by a timeout, but the kicker was wide on all three chances) and wasted some decent offensive performances from all their skill guys. Yeldon and Hurns over 100 yards, Robinson over 80, Bortles nearly 300, and yet somehow they only scored 1 TD and lost. That's what losing teams do, but it was as ugly as wins get for the Colts. They better hope they have Luck back for next week. ... Great game for Coby Fleener, good PPR games for the main wideouts, poor one for Frank Gore (though his too was serviceable in PPR). Just an ugly forgettable game; let's move on.

Panthers at Buccaneers: What a nice schedule start for the Carolina Panthers. Rarely has a team drawn a better beginning. Full credit to their defense for playing well and Cam Newton for making enough plays. And although things will get a little tougher (Seattle next) they have enough soft ones out there that they'll probably win 9-10 games and land a wildcard spot. But there's not much exciting here in fantasy. ... Other than one game last week, Vincent Jackson is clearly the wideout who has the best rapport with Jameis Winston. Maybe a better player than Mike Evans? He's playing better now, anyway. Nice final numbers from Doug Martin, but I'm not sure you can really use him with any confidence.

Eagles at Washington: Sam Bradford finished with some nice numbers, but it was another mostly ugly day for the Eagles offense. DeMarco Murray is complaining (understandably), the team is in last in the NFC East, and it all just looks wrong. On the bright side, Nelson Agholor made an appearance and might be coming into fantasy significance. I cut him this week. ... Clutch Cousins to Garcon TD throw to win the game. On that drive, Jordan Reed got hurt, something we'll need to check out this week. ... Darren Sproles had been tearing it up, so naturally he did absolutely nothing here. I think he should be more annoyed than Murray, frankly.

Browns at Chargers: Nice year/game for Philip Rivers. Couple of sweet throws in his 3 TDs, and San Diego gets Antonio Gates back next week. The disappointment is that it was not a breakout game for Melvin Gordon, who I think we can all now go ahead and put firmly behind Todd Gurley in dynasty rankings. Instead it was Danny Woodhead as San Diego's best back. San Diego missed the winning kick at the end of regulation, but naturally the Browns were offside. Classic Shmosby! .. For the Browns, they got a whole lot of good numbers from players nobody started. It looks like Duke Johnson can finally be used in fantasy leagues, especially PPR, if we can assume the team is smart enough to keep throwing to him.

Rams at Cardinals: Todd Gurley sure looked good in this game. Lots of quickness and cutting ability, some nifty little sidesteps and jumpsteps to turn little runs into longer gains. I think it's OK to cut Tre Mason and Benny Cunningham now, you won't be needing them. ... Big game for Tavon Austin, which is nice, except you can't start him a week from now with any confidence he'll catch even 3 passes. But the Rams are a pretty good team that will win a few more games, especially if they bring their divisional attitude to other contests going forward. ... Even in defeat, the Cardinals looks pretty good. A good team is going to miss the playoffs in the NFC West.

Vikings at Broncos: Another big game for the Broncos defense. Another shaky game for Peyton Manning. Couple of poor throws for picks. Just looks like he's working harder out there for everything. Great D is his friend. ... Ronnie Hillman outperformed C.J. Anderson again. Tough to fight it anymore. ... In defeat, actually a fairly impressive game for the Vikings. That's about as much as any offense will do in Denver this year, I suspect, and their defense played well.

Packers at 49ers: Last week was one of big offensive performances. This week was one of smaller ones, including the Packers and San Francisco's lone noteworthy fantasy option, Carlos Hyde. With Green Bay, well, sometimes they'll win games this way, and more often than not your Packers will pay off. With the 49ers, Colin Kaepernick hasn't developed. Not sure what else to say. The 49ers are definitely the last-place team in the NFC West, headed for 1-5 or 0-6 in the division. Not an offense to use if you can help it.

Cowboys at Saints: Remarkable how anemic the Dallas offense was for most of this game. How do you get through games two weeks in a row without your wide receivers doing anything? Great touchdown from Weeden to Williams in the final 2 minutes to tie the game, spectacular in part because nothing up to that point in the game suggested either player had it in them. ... The Saints continue to frustrate. Does involving so many different players in every offensive series really make the offense better? Debatable. Fantasy wise it's a pain. At least Drew Brees looked healthy enough.

Monday, Monday: After a day of upsets, the Lions -- the league's only ever 0-16 team -- are now the only winless team. That probably won't change tonight. Marshawn Lynch and Joique Bell are out. I think Ameer Abdullah will be a lot better than Thomas Rawls tonight. But will he be 21 points better in PPR so I can move to 4-0 in my most important league? Eh....probably not. Still, I like Abdullah, albeit in a losing effort. Let's call it Seattle 24, Detroit 20.