Start Cairo Santos or Evan McPherson? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Evan McPherson over Cairo Santos
Right: 19.0 to 12.0
- Books imply
- 8.5
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 19.0
- PPR pts
- Scored
- 12.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Evan McPherson over Cairo Santos in Week 1.
Evan McPherson is priced by the books at 8.5 projected points. Cairo Santos 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 Evan McPherson at ADP 188 and Cairo Santos at 179.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Cairo Santos in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Evan McPherson, with 100 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Cairo Santos and CHI visit CAR.
Evan McPherson and CIN host TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
Injury status
Cairo Santos was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Evan McPherson was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Evan McPherson played 17 games for CIN and scored 130.0 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing K14.
Evan McPherson, Week 18 of 2025 against CLE: 0 of 0 field goals, 0 of 2 extra points, -2.0 PPR points.
Evan McPherson, Week 17 of 2025 against ARI: 1 of 1 field goal, 4 of 5 extra points, 8.0 PPR points.
Evan McPherson, Week 16 of 2025 against MIA: 1 of 1 field goal, 6 of 6 extra points, 10.0 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Evan McPherson scored 19.0 PPR points and Cairo Santos scored 12.0.
The call was right: Evan McPherson outscored Cairo Santos by 7.0.
Evan McPherson finished 10.5 points above the 8.5 the props implied.
Evan McPherson, Week 1 against TB: 4 of 4 field goals, 3 of 3 extra points, 19.0 PPR points.
Cairo Santos, Week 1 against CAR: 1 of 1 field goal, 8 of 8 extra points, 12.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
K14 · CHI · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 149
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
K19 · CIN · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 226
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
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 board77
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 4
- Board size244 draftable players
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