Andy Borregales or Jake Elliott: Who Should You Start?
Preliminary board2026 Week 1 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.
Start Elliott — the game script and projection edges are too wide to ignore.
Jake Elliott plays in the better game script (26.0 implied team points to 20.5) and projects 8.5 to Borregales's 6.9. Borregales's edge is red-zone opportunity, 1.6 to 0.8 stalls per game. The gap is narrow.
Andy Borregales
K19NEvs SEA
6.96.96.9 Projected Points
Sit
Jake Elliott
K20PHIvs WSH
8.58.58.5 Projected Points
Start
Why Andy Borregales
SitStarting placekicker. Strong-legged kickoff and field-goal specialist.
Sit — K19 by consensus, projects K32 this week: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 6.9 pts projected vs SEA.
- 1.8 FG tries projected, just under the 2.0 league median this week.
- NE's offense stalls in the red zone 1.6 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
- Vegas has NE at 20.5 points as 3.5-point dogs.
- 84% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 4 games.
Why Jake Elliott
StartStarting K and franchise mainstay. Super Bowl-tested in big moments but coming off back-to-back inconsistent regular seasons.
Start — K20 by consensus, projects K10 this week: 0.8 red-zone stalls a game, and 8.5 pts projected vs WSH.
- 1.9 FG tries projected, just under the 2.0 league median this week.
- PHI's offense stalls in the red zone 0.8 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
- Vegas has PHI at 26 points as 5.5-point favorites.
- 74% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 3 games.
Head-to-head stats
| Metric | Andy Borregales | Jake Elliott |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 6.96.96.9 | 8.58.58.5 |
| Consensus rank | K19 | K20 |
| Projected FG attempts | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Red-zone stalls / game | 1.6(2025) | 0.8(2025) |
| Implied total · spread | 20.5+3.5 | 26.0-5.5 |
| Field-goal % | 84.4%(2025) | 74.1%(2025) |
| Depth chart | K1 | K1 |
Signal breakdown
- 6.9 vs 8.5 projected PPR pointsJake Elliott +
- Rank 19 vs 20Andy Borregales +
- 1.8 vs 1.9 projected attemptsJake Elliott +
- 1.6 vs 0.8 red-zone stalls per gameAndy Borregales +
- Kicking weathereven
- Implied 20.5 vs 26.0 team pointsJake Elliott +
- No injury designationseven
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