Daniel Carlson: Start or Sit?

K•vs DET•Fantasy Football verdict

Preliminary board

Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.

This week’s verdict

Toss-Up

Toss-up — K21 by consensus, projects K23 this week: kicks indoors, and 1.5 red-zone stalls a game.

Projected

Same in standard, half-PPR and PPR

Consensus

K21

position rank

Projected FGA

2.1

1.8 made projected

Implied total

20.8

team points

Weather

Dome

Indoors, no weather risk

Red-zone stalls

1.5

per game · 2025

FG%

82%

22/27 · 2025

Kicks indoors — no weather risk.
2.1 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
NO's offense stalls in the red zone 1.5 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has NO at 20.8 points as 7-point dogs.

Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

Latest on Carlson

The Saints are signing free agent kicker Daniel Carlson, his agents told The NFL Network's Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport.

ESPN · Aug 24, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

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