Start Jason Myers over Chris Boswell — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

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

Jason Myers gets more red-zone stalls to kick from (1.6 to 1.2 per game) and plays in the better game script (24.0 implied team points to 22.8). No signal favors Boswell this week. The gap is narrow.

Chris Boswell

K6PITvs ATL

9.09.09.0 Projected Points

Start· medium

Jason Myers

K5SEAvs NE

9.49.49.4 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.

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.
84% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 6 games.

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 Jason Myers

Start

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

Start — K5 consensus and projection: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 9.4 pts projected vs NE.

Calm forecast at kickoff.
2.3 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 24 points as 3.5-point favorites.

Latest on Myers

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Head-to-head stats

Metric	Chris Boswell	Jason Myers
Projected points	9.09.09.0	9.49.49.4
Consensus rank	K6	K5
Projected FG attempts	2.1	2.3
Red-zone stalls / game	1.2(2025)	1.6(2025)
Kicking conditions	—	Calm forecast at kickoff
Implied total · spread	22.8-3.0	24.0-3.5
Field-goal %	84.4%(2025)	85.4%(2025)
Depth chart	K1	K1