Ryan Fitzgerald: Start or Sit?
Starting K. Strong-legged placekicker handling all field goal and kickoff duties.
This week’s verdict
Toss-Up
Toss-up — K21 consensus and projection: 1.2 red-zone stalls a game, and 7.8 pts projected vs CHI.
Projected
7.87.87.8
Same in standard, half-PPR and PPR
Consensus
K21
position rank
Projected FGA
1.9
1.6 made projected
Implied total
21.0
team points
Weather
91°F · 3 mph
Calm forecast at kickoff
Red-zone stalls
1.2
per game · 2025
FG%
83%
24/29 · 2025
- Calm forecast at kickoff.
- 1.9 FG tries projected, just under the 2.0 league median this week.
- CAR's offense stalls in the red zone 1.2 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
- Vegas has CAR at 21 points as 2.5-point dogs.
Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Latest on Fitzgerald
VideoESPN · Aug 28, 2026
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
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