Evan McPherson is a fair Week 2 play — our K16 at 7.4 projected points, right around the K starter line.
- Projection
- 7.4 pts
- K rank
- #16
- Matchup
- at HOU
Evan McPherson's fantasy role in Week 2
Evan McPherson goes into Week 2 of the 2026 season as a deep-league K flyer for the CIN. He is rostered in 29% of leagues and actually started in 25% of them, and we rank him K16 on our own weekly board at 7.4 projected points.
Roster rates are steady week over week, so his role looks settled rather than in flux.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 2 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at HOU. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 2 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting K baseline of 7.5 points, his 7.4-point projection is 0.1 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Evan McPherson is a fair Week 2 play — our K16 at 7.4 projected points, right around the K starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another K, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Evan McPherson (CIN K), our K16 this week for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season at HOU, projecting 7.4 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Only 29% of leagues roster him, so this is cheap production before the price goes up. Nothing in the projection defends him — 1% below positional par is a bench line for me. The at HOU draw matters here — road snaps against HOU shape how often he's asked to do something. The Pepper Meter cools him to Spicy, and that reading is doing its job.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Evan McPherson (CIN K), our K16 this week for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season at HOU, projecting 7.4 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Only 29% of leagues roster him, so this is cheap production before the price goes up. Nothing in the projection defends him — 1% below positional par is a bench line for me. The at HOU draw matters here — road snaps against HOU shape how often he's asked to do something. The Pepper Meter cools him to Spicy, and that reading is doing its job.