Evan McPherson or Jason Myers: Who Should You Start?

2026 Week 3 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

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

Jason Myers is the higher consensus play (K4 to K13) and projects 9.4 to McPherson's 7.8. No signal favors McPherson this week. The gap is wide.

Evan McPherson

Evan McPherson

K13CINvs PIT

Projected Points

Sit
Jason Myers

Jason Myers

K4SEAvs WSH

Projected Points

Start
CIN@
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SEA@
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Why Evan McPherson

Sit

Starting placekicker with big-leg range. Proven clutch postseason performer.

Sit — K13 by consensus, projects K24 this week: 1.1 red-zone stalls a game, and 7.8 pts projected vs PIT.

  • 11 mph wind at kickoff — a real drag on long tries.
  • 1.9 FG tries projected, just under the 2.0 league median this week.
  • CIN's offense stalls in the red zone 1.1 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
  • Vegas has CIN at 24 points as 1.5-point favorites.

Latest on McPherson

Evan McPherson Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week

Bengals K Evan McPherson today was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the team’s 33-27 win over Tampa Bay in Week 1.

bengals.com · Sep 16, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Why Jason Myers

Start

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

Start — K4 by consensus, projects K3 this week: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 9.4 pts projected vs WSH.

  • 13 mph wind at kickoff — a real drag on long tries.
  • 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 25 points as 3.5-point favorites.

Head-to-head stats

MetricEvan McPhersonJason Myers
Projected points
Consensus rankK13K4
Projected FG attempts1.92.2
Red-zone stalls / game1.1(2025)1.6(2025)
Kicking conditions11 mph wind forecast at kickoff13 mph wind forecast at kickoff
Implied total · spread24.0-1.525.0-3.5
Field-goal %89.3%(2025)85.4%(2025)
Depth chartK1K1
Start/Sit record1–0—

Recent form

Evan McPherson — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs HOU
Week 1vs TB

Jason Myers — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs ARI
Week 1vs NE

Signal breakdown

  • 7.8 vs 9.4 projected PPR pointsJason Myers +
  • Rank 13 vs 4Jason Myers +
  • 1.9 vs 2.2 projected attemptsJason Myers +
  • 1.1 vs 1.6 red-zone stalls per gameJason Myers +
  • 11 mph, 70°F, clear vs 13 mph, 66°F, overcasteven
  • Implied 24.0 vs 25.0 team pointsJason Myers +
  • No injury designationseven

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