Start Wil Lutz or Evan McPherson? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Evan McPherson over Wil Lutz
Right: 19.0 to 4.0
- Scored
- 19.0
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 4.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Evan McPherson over Wil Lutz in Week 1.
Wil Lutz is priced by the books at 6.5 projected points and Evan McPherson is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Evan McPherson at ADP 188 and Wil Lutz at 198.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Evan McPherson in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Wil Lutz, with 100 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Evan McPherson and CIN host TB.
Wil Lutz and DEN visit KC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
Injury status
Evan McPherson was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Wil Lutz was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Wil Lutz played 17 games for DEN and scored 130.0 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing K15.
Wil Lutz, Week 18 of 2025 against LAC: 4 of 4 field goals, 1 of 1 extra point, 14.0 PPR points.
Wil Lutz, Week 17 of 2025 against KC: 2 of 2 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 8.0 PPR points.
Wil Lutz, Week 16 of 2025 against JAX: 2 of 3 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 9.0 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Evan McPherson scored 19.0 PPR points and Wil Lutz scored 4.0.
The call was right: Evan McPherson outscored Wil Lutz by 15.0.
Evan McPherson, Week 1 against TB: 4 of 4 field goals, 3 of 3 extra points, 19.0 PPR points.
Wil Lutz finished 2.5 points below the 6.5 the props implied.
Wil Lutz, Week 1 against KC: 1 of 1 field goal, 1 of 1 extra point, 4.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
K8 · DEN · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 131
- 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 board95
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 4
- Board size244 draftable players
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