Start Chase McLaughlin or Cairo Santos? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Cairo Santos over Chase McLaughlin
Right: 12.0 to 11.0
- Scored
- 12.0
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 7.4
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 11.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Cairo Santos over Chase McLaughlin in Week 1.
Chase McLaughlin is priced by the books at 7.4 projected points and Cairo Santos is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Cairo Santos at ADP 189 and Chase McLaughlin at 186.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 7.4 fantasy points for Chase McLaughlin, with 40 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Cairo Santos in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Chase McLaughlin and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
Cairo Santos and CHI visit CAR.
Injury status
Chase McLaughlin was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Cairo Santos 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, Cairo Santos played 15 games for CHI and scored 127.0 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing K18.
Cairo Santos, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 0 of 0 field goals, 0 of 0 extra points.
Cairo Santos, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 1 of 1 field goal, 5 of 5 extra points, 8.0 PPR points.
Cairo Santos, Week 16 of 2025 against GB: 3 of 3 field goals, 1 of 1 extra point, 14.0 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Cairo Santos scored 12.0 PPR points and Chase McLaughlin scored 11.0.
The call was right: Cairo Santos outscored Chase McLaughlin by 1.0.
Cairo Santos, Week 1 against CAR: 1 of 1 field goal, 8 of 8 extra points, 12.0 PPR points.
Chase McLaughlin finished 3.6 points above the 7.4 the props implied.
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
K11 · TB · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 138
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
K14 · CHI · bye 10
- 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 board11
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 2
- Board size244 draftable players
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