Who Should I Start? Andy Borregales or Tyler Loop

Thursday, November 13, 12:51 AM

New England Patriots kicker Andy Borregales should continue to be a reliable scoring option during Thursday Night Football against the New York Jets in Week 11. After a shaky start to the season, Borregales has found his footing and rattled off an impressive eight-game streak of perfect kicks. During that span, he's 26-for-26 on extra points and 9-for-9 on field goals. He still ranks as the overall K15 this year due to the Patriots' relatively lower frequency of field goal attempts, but managers should remain confident that the kicker will deliver when called upon. In fact, we could see him get more involved this week against the Jets, who have allowed 26.8 offensive points per game (seventh-most in the NFL). From a fantasy perspective, they've allowed the NFL's most fantasy points per game to opposing kickers at 10.8, which is a full point higher than the second-worst team. All the stars are aligning for Borregales to have a big showing on Thursday Night Football. He's a top-12 kicking option heading into Week 11.

Saturday, November 15, 8:20 AM

Baltimore Ravens kicker Tyler Loop finished as the K2 in Week 10 despite missing one of his five field goal attempts against the Minnesota Vikings. The rookie made four of them from 44, 28, 30, and 22 yards away while knocking through his only extra point attempt. He's now 16-for-18 overall on the season and 23-for-24 on extra points. The Ravens take on the Cleveland Browns in Week 11 after they went for 41 points against them in Week 2. In that game, Loop finished as the K8, and could very well finish even higher now that the team has even more trust in him. Fantasy managers can comfortably start Loop this week as he projects to be a K1 yet again.