Cam Little or Harrison Butker: Who Should You Start?
Preliminary board2026 Week 1 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.
Start Little — the consensus rank and game script edges are too wide to ignore.
Cam Little is the higher consensus play (K7 to K10) and plays in the better game script (24.0 implied team points to 22.5). Butker's edge is attempt volume, 2.1 to 2.1 projected attempts. The gap is narrow.
Cam Little
8.88.88.8 Projected Points
Harrison Butker
8.58.58.5 Projected Points
Why Cam Little
StartStarting K with strong leg. Full-time placekicker with long-range range.
Start — K7 consensus and projection: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 8.8 pts projected vs CLE.
- 2.1 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
- JAX's offense stalls in the red zone 1.6 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
- Vegas has JAX at 24 points as 7.5-point favorites.
- 88% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 6 games.
Why Harrison Butker
Toss-UpVeteran starting K. Reliable leg with proven big-game accuracy.
Toss-up — K10 by consensus, projects K12 this week: 1.5 red-zone stalls a game, and 8.5 pts projected vs DEN.
- 2.1 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
- KC's offense stalls in the red zone 1.5 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
- Vegas has KC at 22.5 points as 2.5-point favorites.
- 87% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 5 games.
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Head-to-head stats
| Metric | Cam Little | Harrison Butker |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 8.88.88.8 | 8.58.58.5 |
| Consensus rank | K7 | K10 |
| Projected FG attempts | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Red-zone stalls / game | 1.6(2025) | 1.5(2025) |
| Implied total · spread | 24.0-7.5 | 22.5-2.5 |
| Field-goal % | 88.2%(2025) | 86.8%(2025) |
| Depth chart | K1 | K1 |
| Start/Sit record | — | 0–0+1 toss-up |
Signal breakdown
- 8.8 vs 8.5 projected PPR pointsCam Little +
- Rank 7 vs 10Cam Little +
- 2.1 vs 2.1 projected attemptsHarrison Butker +
- 1.6 vs 1.5 red-zone stalls per gameCam Little +
- Kicking weathereven
- Implied 24.0 vs 22.5 team pointsCam Little +
- No injury designationseven
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