Start Cameron Dicker over Harrison Mevis — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Start Dicker — the consensus rank and game script edges are too wide to ignore.

Cameron Dicker is the higher consensus play (K2 to K6) and plays in the better game script (28.5 implied team points to 25.8). No signal favors Mevis this week. The gap is comfortable.

Cameron Dicker

K2LACvs ARI

10.310.310.3 Projected Points

Start

Harrison Mevis

K6LARvs SF

9.49.49.4 Projected Points

Start

Why Cameron Dicker

Start

Starting K and reliable scorer. High-accuracy leg with full-season placekicking workload.

Start — K2 by consensus, projects K1 this week: kicks indoors, and 1.8 red-zone stalls a game.

Kicks indoors — no weather risk.
2.3 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
LAC's offense stalls in the red zone 1.8 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has LAC at 28.5 points as 11.5-point favorites.

Why Harrison Mevis

Start

Place kicker with strong-leg profile. Limited NFL sample in spot-duty role.

Start — K6 by consensus, projects K4 this week: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 9.4 pts projected vs SF.

2.0 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
LAR's offense stalls in the red zone 1.6 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has LAR at 25.8 points as 3-point favorites.
92% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 1 game.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Cameron Dicker	Harrison Mevis
Projected points	10.310.310.3	9.49.49.4
Consensus rank	K2	K6
Projected FG attempts	2.3	2.0
Red-zone stalls / game	1.8(2025)	1.6(2025)
Kicking conditions	Indoors, no weather risk	—
Implied total · spread	28.5-11.5	25.8-3.0
Field-goal %	92.7%(2025)	92.3%(2025)
Depth chart	K1	K1