Chris Boswell or Harrison Mevis: Who Should You Start?

2026 Week 1 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

Start Mevis — the game script and red-zone opportunity edges are too wide to ignore.

Harrison Mevis plays in the better game script (25.8 implied team points to 22.8) and gets more red-zone stalls to kick from (1.6 to 1.2 per game). Boswell's edge is attempt volume, 2.1 to 2.0 projected attempts. The gap is narrow.

Chris Boswell

Chris Boswell

K6PITvs ATL

Projected Points

Start· medium
Harrison Mevis

Harrison Mevis

K7LARvs SF

Projected Points

Start

Why Chris Boswell

Start· medium

Starting PK and one of the league's most accurate. Big leg with proven cold-weather clutch production.

Boswell is the K12 play with a 22.8 implied total, 2.1 projected FG tries and 1.2 red-zone stalls per game feeding the leg.

  • Calm forecast at kickoff.
  • 2.1 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
  • PIT's offense stalls in the red zone 1.2 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
  • Vegas has PIT at 22.8 points as 3-point favorites.

The call

  • Consensus K12 at 9.0 projected points is squarely startable in a 12-team league — no replacement-level kicker beats that baseline.
  • Pittsburgh's 22.8 implied total plus 1.2 red-zone stalls per game funnels drives into field-goal tries: 1.9 makes on 2.1 attempts with 2.4 extra points projected.
  • He's the locked-in PK1 with no designation, hitting 84% (27/32) and connecting from 50-plus in six games with a 60-yard long, so distance isn't a cap on his range.
  • Only real wrinkle is an open roof with no forecast yet — check wind before kickoff, but nothing in the sheet suggests a problem.

Why Harrison Mevis

Start

Starting K with strong leg. Big-distance range on field goals; limited career sample.

Start — K7 by consensus, projects K4 this week: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 9.4 pts projected vs SF.

  • Calm forecast at kickoff.
  • 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.

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Head-to-head stats

MetricChris BoswellHarrison Mevis
Projected points
Consensus rankK6K7
Projected FG attempts2.12.0
Red-zone stalls / game1.2(2025)1.6(2025)
Kicking conditionsCalm forecast at kickoffCalm forecast at kickoff
Implied total · spread22.8-3.025.8-3.0
Field-goal %84.4%(2025)92.3%(2025)
Depth chartK1K1

Signal breakdown

  • 9.0 vs 9.4 projected PPR pointsHarrison Mevis +
  • Rank 6 vs 7Chris Boswell +
  • 2.1 vs 2.0 projected attemptsChris Boswell +
  • 1.2 vs 1.6 red-zone stalls per gameHarrison Mevis +
  • 6 mph, 82°F, clear vs 1 mph, 55°F, cleareven
  • Implied 22.8 vs 25.8 team pointsHarrison Mevis +
  • No injury designationseven

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