Start Chase McLaughlin or Blake Grupe? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Chase McLaughlin over Blake Grupe
Right: 11.0 to 0.0
- Books imply
- 11.0
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 11.0
- PPR pts

- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Chase McLaughlin over Blake Grupe in Week 1.
Chase McLaughlin is priced by the books at 11.0 projected points. Blake Grupe has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Chase McLaughlin at ADP 168 and Blake Grupe at 179.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 11.0 fantasy points for Chase McLaughlin, with 100 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Blake Grupe in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Chase McLaughlin and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
Blake Grupe and NYJ visit TEN.
Injury status
Chase McLaughlin was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Blake Grupe was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Chase McLaughlin played 17 games for TB and scored 149.0 PPR points, 8.8 a game, finishing K7.
Chase McLaughlin, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 3 of 4 field goals, 1 of 1 extra point, 10.0 PPR points.
Chase McLaughlin, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 1 of 2 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 4.0 PPR points.
Chase McLaughlin, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 2 of 2 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 10.0 PPR points.
In 2025, Blake Grupe played 16 games for IND and scored 121.0 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing K21.
Blake Grupe, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 3 of 3 field goals, 3 of 3 extra points, 14.0 PPR points.
Blake Grupe, Week 17 of 2025 against JAX: 1 of 1 field goal, 2 of 2 extra points, 5.0 PPR points.
Blake Grupe, Week 16 of 2025 against SF: 2 of 2 field goals, 3 of 3 extra points, 11.0 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Chase McLaughlin scored 11.0 PPR points and Blake Grupe scored 0.0.
The call was right: Chase McLaughlin outscored Blake Grupe by 11.0.
Chase McLaughlin, Week 1 against CIN: 2 of 2 field goals, 3 of 3 extra points, 11.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
K10 · TB · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 137
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
K14 · NYJ · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 149
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board12
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 2
- Board size244 draftable players
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