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The Panthers signed K Eddy Pineiro. He'll replace K Zane Gonzalez, who landed on IR with his groin injury. You should be able to do better than Pineiro for your fantasy squad.

Panthers HC Matt Rhule announced Saturday that K Zane Gonzalez suffered a "significant" injury that's likely to keep him out "long term," according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Further testing will determine whether Gonzalez misses the season. All you need to know is that Gonzalez shouldn't go in any fantasy football drafts.

Panthers K Zane Gonzalez hurt his groin in Friday night's preseason finale. We'll update his status when we know more, but avoid Gonzalez in fantasy drafts for now.

The Panthers have re-signed K Zane Gonzalez to a 2-year deal, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. In 12 games for Carolina last season, Gonzalez drilled 20 of 22 FG tries and 22 of 23 XPs. He ranked outside the top 20 Ks in fantasy points per game, though, and won't be an appealing option in 2022 unless the Panthers upgrade at QB.

The Panthers are signing K Lirim Hajrullahu, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. He'll replace Zane Gonzalez, who suffered an injury in warmups ahead of Sunday's loss to the Bills.

Panthers K Zane Gonzalez appeared to hurt himself in pregame warmups, according to Bills insider Chris Brown. Panthers P Lachlan Edwards was practicing kickoffs and looks like the emergency K. Get Gonzalez out of Week 15 fantasy lineups.

The Panthers released K Ryan Santoso. He connected on both FG attempts in the opener but missed 1 of 2 XPs. In a corresponding move, Carolina signed K Zane Gonzalez, who will at least kick this weekend against the Saints.

The Lions released Ks Zane Gonzalez and Randy Bullock. They don't have a K on the roster now. We'll see what they do at the position, but it's not a situation to mess with in fantasy drafts.

The Lions signed K Zane Gonzalez. He'll duke it out for the starting job with K Randy Bullock over the next few weeks. Avoid the situation in fantasy drafts.

Cardinals K Zane Gonzalez (back) is out for Sunday’s game vs. the Eagles. Mike Nugent will kick again for Arizona after making 4 FGs and 2 XPs last week.

Cardinals K Zane Gonzalez (back) has been downgraded to out for Sunday's game against the Giants. Mike Nugent has been promoted from the practice squad to kick for Arizona in this one.

Cardinals K Zane Gonzalez (back) popped up on the injury report on Friday and is listed as questionable for this weekend’s game vs. the Giants. We’ll see if Arizona adds another K to the roster, but you should probably look elsewhere in fantasy lineups.

The Browns have signed K Greg Joseph. He'll presumably be replacing K Zane Gonzalez, who has missed 3 of 5 FGs and 2 of 5 XPs to open the season. Joseph lost the Dolphins' battle to Jason Sanders this summer after converting just 69.5% of his career FG attempts at Florida Atlantic. He's not a fantasy option.

UPDATE: The Browns have released Gonzalez.

Cleveland.com reports that the Browns will release K Cody Parkey, which means that 7th-round rookie Zane Gonzalez has won the job. Gonzalez won the Lou Groza Award last season as the nation's top kicker and finished his college career as the FBS career leader in FGs made and points scored by a kicker.