Chase McLaughlin or Jason Myers: Who Should You Start?

2026 Week 2 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

Start Myers — the consensus rank and weather edges are too wide to ignore.

Jason Myers is the higher consensus play (K4 to K15) and kicks in the friendlier conditions (4 mph wind, overcast to McLaughlin's 7 mph wind, drizzle). No signal favors McLaughlin this week. The gap is wide.

Chase McLaughlin

Chase McLaughlin

K15TBvs CLE

Projected Points

Start· medium
Jason Myers

Jason Myers

K4SEAvs ARI

Projected Points

Start
CLE@
TBSun, Sep 20, 1:00 PM ETView the game →
SEA@
ARISun, Sep 20, 4:25 PM ETView the game →

Why Chase McLaughlin

Start· medium

Starting placekicker with big-leg range and a 65-yard career long. Reliable from distance, though his 84.9% career accuracy sits around league average.

Calm weather, 24.0 implied total and 1.4 red-zone stalls per game give McLaughlin 2.1 tries plus 2.4 PATs — and his 65-yard range extends the scoring floor.

  • rain at kickoff — a real drag on long tries.
  • 2.1 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
  • TB's offense stalls in the red zone 1.4 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
  • Vegas has TB at 24 points as 5.5-point favorites.

The call

  • Environment is clean: calm forecast with the roof open, so no wind or precipitation to shave attempts or accuracy.
  • A 24.0 implied team total with 1.4 red-zone stalls per game is the ideal kicker mix — enough drives to produce 2.4 extra points and 2.1 field-goal tries.
  • He's locked in as PK1 with no designation, hitting 84% (32/38) and with a 50-plus make in 7 games and a 65-yard long, so long-range tries are live points rather than dead ones.
  • K15 on consensus means he's a low-end starter, not a difference-maker — if you roster a top-8 kicker in a dome or a heavier favorite, that one wins out.

Why Jason Myers

Start

Veteran starting kicker. Long-tenured, high-volume leg with proven range.

Start — K4 by consensus, projects K5 this week: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 9.4 pts projected vs ARI.

  • Calm forecast at kickoff.
  • 2.2 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
  • SEA's offense stalls in the red zone 1.6 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
  • Vegas has SEA at 27.3 points as 10-point favorites.

Latest on Myers

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Head-to-head stats

MetricChase McLaughlinJason Myers
Projected points
Consensus rankK15K4
Projected FG attempts2.12.2
Red-zone stalls / game1.4(2025)1.6(2025)
Kicking conditionsrain forecast at kickoffRetractable roof, calm forecast either way
Implied total · spread24.0-5.527.3-10.0
Field-goal %84.2%(2025)85.4%(2025)
Depth chartK1K1
Start/Sit record0–0+1 toss-up—

Recent form

Chase McLaughlin — last 1 week

Week 1vs CIN

Jason Myers — last 1 week

Week 1vs NE

Signal breakdown

  • 8.8 vs 9.4 projected PPR pointsJason Myers +
  • Rank 15 vs 4Jason Myers +
  • 2.1 vs 2.2 projected attemptsJason Myers +
  • 1.4 vs 1.6 red-zone stalls per gameJason Myers +
  • 7 mph, 90°F, drizzle vs 4 mph, 97°F, overcastJason Myers +
  • Implied 24.0 vs 27.3 team pointsJason Myers +
  • No injury designationseven

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