Tyler Loop is a fair Week 3 play — our K9 at 7.7 projected points, right around the K starter line.
- Projection
- 7.7 pts
- K rank
- #9
- Matchup
- at DAL
Tyler Loop's fantasy role in Week 3
Tyler Loop goes into Week 3 of the 2026 season as a matchup-dependent K option for the BAL. He is rostered in 56% of leagues and actually started in 51% of them, and we rank him K9 on our own weekly board at 7.7 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 3 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at DAL. 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 7.7-point projection is 0.2 points better. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Tyler Loop is a fair Week 3 play — our K9 at 7.7 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 Tyler Loop (BAL K), our K9 this week for Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season at DAL, projecting 7.7 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. 51% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. I have him at K9 because the projection lands about 3% clear of what a typical K banks in a week. On the road against DAL, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. Spicy on the Pepper Meter reflects a steady weekly floor rather than a boom week — that's still a start.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Tyler Loop (BAL K), our K9 this week for Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season at DAL, projecting 7.7 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. 51% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. I have him at K9 because the projection lands about 3% clear of what a typical K banks in a week. On the road against DAL, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. Spicy on the Pepper Meter reflects a steady weekly floor rather than a boom week — that's still a start.