Wil Lutz: Start or Sit?

K•vs KC•Fantasy Football verdict

Veteran starting placekicker. Reliable leg with steady FG and PAT production across full-season usage.

Preliminary board

Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.

This week’s verdict

Sit

Sit — K20 by consensus, projects K24 this week: 1.4 red-zone stalls a game, and 7.6 pts projected vs KC.

Projected

Same in standard, half-PPR and PPR

Consensus

K20

position rank

Projected FGA

1.9

1.6 made projected

Implied total

20.0

team points

Weather

—

no forecast yet

Red-zone stalls

1.4

per game · 2025

FG%

88%

28/32 · 2025

1.9 FG tries projected, just under the 2.0 league median this week.
DEN's offense stalls in the red zone 1.4 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
Vegas has DEN at 20 points as 2.5-point dogs.
88% on field goals (2025), with a 50-plus make in 4 games.

Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

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