Start Harrison Butker or Chase McLaughlin? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Harrison Butker over Chase McLaughlin
Wrong: 7.0 to 11.0
- Books imply
- 7.5
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 7.0
- PPR pts
- Scored
- 11.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Harrison Butker over Chase McLaughlin in Week 1.
Harrison Butker is priced by the books at 7.5 projected points. Chase McLaughlin 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 Harrison Butker at ADP 158 and Chase McLaughlin at 174.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Harrison Butker, with 100 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chase McLaughlin in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Harrison Butker and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
Chase McLaughlin and TB visit CIN.
Injury status
Harrison Butker was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Chase McLaughlin was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Harrison Butker played 17 games for KC and scored 140.0 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing K11.
Harrison Butker, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 of 4 field goals, 0 of 0 extra points, 15.0 PPR points.
Harrison Butker, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 2 of 2 field goals, 1 of 1 extra point, 10.0 PPR points.
Harrison Butker, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 3 of 4 field goals, 0 of 0 extra points, 11.0 PPR points.
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.
How Week 1 went
Harrison Butker scored 7.0 PPR points and Chase McLaughlin scored 11.0.
The call was wrong: Chase McLaughlin outscored Harrison Butker by 4.0.
Harrison Butker finished 0.5 points below the 7.5 the props implied.
Harrison Butker, Week 1 against DEN: 1 of 1 field goal, 4 of 4 extra points, 7.0 PPR points.
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
K5 · KC · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 123
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
K10 · TB · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 137
- 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 board14
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 2
- Board size244 draftable players
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