Andy Borregales or Tyler Bass: Toss-Up — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Too close to call — the edges cancel out.

Andy Borregales and Tyler Bass grade out even this week. Borregales's best edge is red-zone opportunity (1.6 to 1.3 stalls per game), Bass's best edge is the game script (23.5 implied points to 20.5) — and they cancel out. Start whichever player's game you trust more this week.

Andy Borregales

K19NEvs SEA

6.96.96.9 Projected Points

Sit

Tyler Bass

K20BUFvs HOU

7.57.57.5 Projected Points

Sit

Why Andy Borregales

Sit

Starting 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 Tyler Bass

Sit

Sit — K20 by consensus, projects K27 this week: 1.3 red-zone stalls a game, and 7.5 pts projected vs HOU.

1.8 FG tries projected, just under the 2.0 league median this week.
BUF's offense stalls in the red zone 1.3 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has BUF at 23.5 points as 1.5-point favorites.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Andy Borregales	Tyler Bass
Projected points	6.96.96.9	7.57.57.5
Consensus rank	K19	K20
Projected FG attempts	1.8	1.8
Red-zone stalls / game	1.6(2025)	1.3(2025)
Implied total · spread	20.5+3.5	23.5-1.5
Field-goal %	84.4%(2025)	—
Depth chart	K1	K1