Cairo Santos · Harrison Butker · 2026 week 1

Cairo Santos or Harrison Butker?

Start Cairo Santos — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.1 points. The matchup leans Cairo Santos (CAR allow the 19th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Cairo Santos START	@ CAR	7.3	19th	9.7	–	healthy
Harrison Butker	vs DEN	7.2	6th · soft	12	–	healthy

Ks vs CAR recently: Chase McLaughlin 10 pts (W16) · Jason Myers 10 pts (W17) · Chase McLaughlin 10 pts (W18).

Ks vs DEN recently: Cam Little 11 pts (W16) · Harrison Butker 10 pts (W17) · Cameron Dicker 3 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.

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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.