Take a kicker in the second to last round, not the last round.

The Fantasy Sensei says, take a kicker in the second to last round, not the last round. You'll get a much better kicker then you would've gotten in the last round, and the player that you would've taken in the second to last round instead of the kicker, 9 times out of 10 is still available in the last round.  

Or another shrewd bit of fantasy management, is not to take a kicker if you have a draft earlier in the preseason, and then pick one up through waivers the week before the season starts. A lot can happen between August and when the season starts, so sometimes it behooves you more to take that extra skill player. Remember, in BestFantasyFootballLeague.com leagues, waivers process every Thursday during the preseason. However, if you do decide to employ this strategy, just make sure you put enough kickers in your waiver choices before week one so that you actually get one. Because while we run waivers weekly, there are no "free agent" pick ups, so you must acquire that kicker via the weekly waivers process.