Jake Bates: Start or Sit?

K•vs NO•Fantasy Football verdict

Starting placekicker. Strong-legged kicker with deep range on field-goal attempts.

Preliminary board

Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.

This week’s verdict

Toss-Up

Toss-up — K9 by consensus, projects K8 this week: kicks indoors, and 1.4 red-zone stalls a game.

Projected

Same in standard, half-PPR and PPR

Consensus

K9

position rank

Projected FGA

1.9

1.7 made projected

Implied total

27.8

team points

Weather

Dome

Indoors, no weather risk

Red-zone stalls

1.4

per game · 2025

FG%

79%

27/34 · 2025

Kicks indoors — no weather risk.
1.9 FG tries projected, just under the 2.0 league median this week.
DET's offense stalls in the red zone 1.4 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has DET at 27.8 points as 7-point favorites.

Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

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