Blake Grupe · Chad Ryland · 2026 week 1

Blake Grupe or Chad Ryland?

Wondering who you should start this week — Blake Grupe or Chad Ryland? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Blake Grupe — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Blake Grupe (TEN allow the 8th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Blake Grupe START	@ TEN	5.8	8th · soft	10	–	healthy
Chad Ryland	@ LAC	5.5	18th	9.3	–	healthy

Ks vs TEN recently: Harrison Butker 11 pts (W16) · Charlie Smyth 13 pts (W17) · Cam Little 15 pts (W18).

Ks vs LAC recently: Brandon Aubrey 5 pts (W16) · Ka'imi Fairbairn 10 pts (W17) · Wil Lutz 14 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.