Start Cameron Dicker over Brandon Aubrey — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Start Dicker — the game script and projection edges are too wide to ignore.

Cameron Dicker plays in the better game script (28.5 implied team points to 25.0) and projects 10.3 to Aubrey's 9.9. Aubrey's edge is attempt volume, 2.3 to 2.3 projected attempts. The gap is narrow.

Brandon Aubrey

K1DALvs NYG

9.99.99.9 Projected Points

Start

Cameron Dicker

K2LACvs ARI

10.310.310.3 Projected Points

Start· high

Why Brandon Aubrey

Start

Starting K with elite leg strength. Reliable from extreme distance and on kickoffs.

Start — K1 by consensus, projects K2 this week: 2.3 FG tries projected, above the 2.0 median, and 1.6 red-zone stalls a game.

2.3 FG tries projected, above the 2.0 league median this week.
DAL's offense stalls in the red zone 1.6 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has DAL at 25 points as 1.5-point favorites.
86% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 7 games.

Why Cameron Dicker

Start· high

Starting kicker with elite accuracy and big-leg range. Among the league's most reliable placekickers.

K2 on the board with a 28.5 implied total in a dome, 93% accuracy and 1.8 red-zone stalls per game feeding steady FG tries.

Kicks indoors — no weather risk.
2.3 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
LAC's offense stalls in the red zone 1.8 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has LAC at 28.5 points as 11.5-point favorites.

The call

Dicker is the K2 consensus play at 10.3 projected points and the locked PK1 with no injury designation — nothing to think about at the position.
A 28.5 implied team total and -11.5 spread means volume: 3.1 projected extra points plus 2.3 field-goal attempts, and the offense stalls in the red zone 1.8 times per game to create those tries.
Indoors with no weather risk, and he's hit 38 of 41 (93%) with a 59-yard long and five games with a 50-plus make — the range keeps low-end outcomes off the table.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Brandon Aubrey	Cameron Dicker
Projected points	9.99.99.9	10.310.310.3
Consensus rank	K1	K2
Projected FG attempts	2.3	2.3
Red-zone stalls / game	1.6(2025)	1.8(2025)
Kicking conditions	—	Indoors, no weather risk
Implied total · spread	25.0-1.5	28.5-11.5
Field-goal %	85.7%(2025)	92.7%(2025)
Depth chart	K1	K1