Cameron Dicker or Tyler Bass? Start Cameron Dicker — Week 2 Start/Sit Verdict

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

Cameron Dicker is the higher consensus play (K2 to K21) and projects 9.8 to Bass's 8.7. Bass's edge is the game script, 27.8 implied points to 25.5. The gap is comfortable.

Cameron Dicker

K2LACvs LV

9.89.89.8 Projected Points

Start· high

Tyler Bass

K21BUFvs DET

8.78.78.7 Projected Points

Start· medium

LV@

LACSun, Sep 20, 4:05 PM ETView the game →

DET@

BUFThu, Sep 17, 8:15 PM ETView the game →

Why Cameron Dicker

Start· high

Starting kicker with elite accuracy and big-leg range. Among the league's most reliable placekickers.

K2 on the board: 25.5 implied total in a dome, 93% accuracy (38/41) and 1.8 red-zone stalls per game feeding 2.3 FG tries.

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 25.5 points as 8.5-point favorites.

The call

Ranked K2 at 10.1 projected points with no weather variable — indoor dome removes the main kicker downside.
Chargers' 25.5 implied total plus 1.8 red-zone stalls per game is the ideal kicker recipe: 2.9 projected extra points on top of 2.3 field-goal attempts.
Dicker is hitting 93% (38/41) with five 50-plus makes and a 59-yard long, so the deep tries in an -8.5 spot are live points rather than wasted drives.
Locked in as PK1 with no injury designation — zero role risk.

Why Tyler Bass

Start· medium

Starting placekicker. Strong leg on kickoffs and long-range attempts.

27.8 implied total plus calm, open-roof conditions gives Bass a clean 3.1 XP floor and 1.8 FG tries as the locked-in PK1.

Calm forecast at kickoff.
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 27.8 points as 3-point favorites.

The call

Buffalo's 27.8 implied team total is the driver here — 3.1 projected extra points is a floor most kickers can't match, and it comes with 1.8 FG attempts on top.
Calm forecast with the roof open removes the main thing that separates kickers week to week; no wind or precipitation to shrink the 50-plus range.
Only 1.3 red-zone stalls per game means fewer stalled-drive field goals, which caps the ceiling a bit — that's why he sits at K21 in consensus rank despite 8.7 projected points.
PK1 on the depth chart with no injury designation; nothing about the role is in question.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Cameron Dicker	Tyler Bass
Projected points	9.89.89.8	8.78.78.7
Consensus rank	K2	K21
Projected FG attempts	2.3	1.8
Red-zone stalls / game	1.8(2025)	1.3(2025)
Kicking conditions	Indoors, no weather risk	Calm forecast at kickoff
Implied total · spread	25.5-8.5	27.8-3.0
Field-goal %	92.7%(2025)	—
Depth chart	K1	K1
Start/Sit record	0–1	—

Signal breakdown

9.8 vs 8.7 projected PPR pointsCameron Dicker +
Rank 2 vs 21Cameron Dicker +
2.3 vs 1.8 projected attemptsCameron Dicker +
1.8 vs 1.3 red-zone stalls per gameCameron Dicker +
dome vs 2 mph, 68°F, overcasteven
Implied 25.5 vs 27.8 team pointsTyler Bass +
No injury designationseven

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