Chase McLaughlin: Start or Sit?

K•vs CIN•Fantasy Football verdict

Veteran starting placekicker. Reliable leg with strong field-goal accuracy.

Preliminary board

Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.

This week’s verdict

Toss-Up

Toss-up — K15 consensus and projection: 1.4 red-zone stalls a game, and 8.4 pts projected vs CIN.

Projected

Same in standard, half-PPR and PPR

Consensus

K15

position rank

Projected FGA

2.0

1.8 made projected

Implied total

23.5

team points

Weather

—

no forecast yet

Red-zone stalls

1.4

per game · 2025

FG%

84%

32/38 · 2025

2.0 FG tries projected, right at 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 23.5 points as 3.5-point dogs.
84% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 7 games.

Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

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