Brandon Aubrey · Jake Bates · 2026 week 1

Brandon Aubrey or Jake Bates?

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

Start Jake Bates — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Jake Bates (NO allow the 4th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Brandon Aubrey	@ NYG	6.9	14th	8.3	–	healthy
Jake Bates START	vs NO	7.2	4th · soft	8	–	healthy

Ks vs NYG recently: Will Reichard 11 pts (W16) · Daniel Carlson 5 pts (W17) · Brandon Aubrey 4 pts (W18).

Ks vs NO recently: Nick Folk 6 pts (W16) · Joey Slye 18 pts (W17) · Zane Gonzalez 16 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.