Evan McPherson · Jason Myers · 2026 week 1

Evan McPherson or Jason Myers?

Wondering who you should start this week — Evan McPherson or Jason Myers? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Jason Myers — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.1 points. The matchup leans Jason Myers (NE allow the 29th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Evan McPherson	vs TB	6.8	23rd	5.3	–	healthy
Jason Myers START	vs NE	6.9	29th · tough	6	–	healthy

Ks vs TB recently: Ryan Fitzgerald 13 pts (W16) · Riley Patterson 8 pts (W17) · Ryan Fitzgerald 1 pts (W18).

Ks vs NE recently: Tyler Loop 5 pts (W16) · Nick Folk 4 pts (W17) · Riley Patterson 6 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.