Eddy Pineiro or Harrison Butker: Who Should You Start?

The call

• Ranked K9 at 8.7 projected points, which is comfortably inside startable range in a 12-team league where only 12 kickers get used.
• His offense stalls in the red zone 1.4 times per game and carries a 22.8 implied total — that combination feeds both the projected 2.1 field-goal attempts and 2.0 extra points.
• Locked in as PK1 with no injury designation, and he's converting at 97% (28/29) with five 50-plus makes and a 59-yard long, so distance attempts aren't wasted tries.
• Calm forecast under an open roof removes the weather variable that usually separates kickers; the only real cap is a modest two-field-goal projection.

The call

• Consensus K12 with an 8.5-point projection puts Butker on the borderline in a 12-team league — he's a startable body, not an advantage.
• The volume case is real: 1.5 red-zone stalls per game feed 2.1 projected attempts, and at 87% (33/38) with a 59-yard long and five 50-plus makes, he converts what he gets.
• Limiting factors are the 22.5 implied team total and a 10 mph wind under an open roof, which trims both distance range and extra-point volume (just 2.1 projected).
• He's locked in as PK1 with no injury designation, so if your alternative is a dome kicker on a higher-implied-total offense, sit him; otherwise he's a fine plug-in.