Start Harrison Butker or Ka'imi Fairbairn? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Harrison Butker over Ka'imi Fairbairn
Wrong: 7.0 to 9.0
- Books imply
- 7.5
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 7.0
- PPR pts
- Scored
- 9.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Harrison Butker over Ka'imi Fairbairn in Week 1.
Harrison Butker is priced by the books at 7.5 projected points. Ka'imi Fairbairn 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 Ka'imi Fairbairn at 137.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Ka'imi Fairbairn in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Harrison Butker, with 100 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Ka'imi Fairbairn and HOU host BUF.
Harrison Butker and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
Injury status
Ka'imi Fairbairn was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Harrison Butker was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Ka'imi Fairbairn played 15 games for HOU and scored 190.0 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing K2.
Ka'imi Fairbairn, Week 18 of 2025 against IND: 6 of 6 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 26.0 PPR points.
Ka'imi Fairbairn, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 2 of 2 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 10.0 PPR points.
Ka'imi Fairbairn, Week 16 of 2025 against LV: 3 of 3 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 16.0 PPR points.
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.
How Week 1 went
Harrison Butker scored 7.0 PPR points and Ka'imi Fairbairn scored 9.0.
The call was wrong: Ka'imi Fairbairn outscored Harrison Butker by 2.0.
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.
Ka'imi Fairbairn, Week 1 against BUF: 1 of 1 field goal, 4 of 4 extra points, 9.0 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
K17 · HOU · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 205
- 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 board82
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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