Start Chase McLaughlin or Jake Bates? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jake Bates over Chase McLaughlin
Wrong: 7.0 to 11.0
- Scored
- 7.0
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 11.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Jake Bates over Chase McLaughlin in Week 1.
Chase McLaughlin is priced by the books at 6.5 projected points and Jake Bates is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Jake Bates at ADP 162 and Chase McLaughlin at 172.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jake Bates in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Chase McLaughlin, with 40 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Jake Bates and DET host NO.
Chase McLaughlin and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
Injury status
Jake Bates 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, Jake Bates played 17 games for DET and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing K9.
Jake Bates, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 4 of 5 field goals, 1 of 1 extra point, 13.0 PPR points.
Jake Bates, Week 17 of 2025 against MIN: 1 of 1 field goal, 1 of 1 extra point, 5.0 PPR points.
Jake Bates, Week 16 of 2025 against PIT: 1 of 1 field goal, 3 of 3 extra points, 6.0 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
Jake Bates scored 7.0 PPR points and Chase McLaughlin scored 11.0.
The call was wrong: Chase McLaughlin outscored Jake Bates by 4.0.
Jake Bates, Week 1 against NO: 1 of 1 field goal, 4 of 4 extra points, 7.0 PPR points.
Chase McLaughlin finished 4.5 points above the 6.5 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
K10 · TB · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 137
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
K18 · DET · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 212
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
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 board75
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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