Eddy Pineiro · Jake Bates · 2026 week 1

Eddy Pineiro or Jake Bates?

Start Jake Bates — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.7 points. The matchup leans Jake Bates (NO allow the 4th-most K points), but you can defend either call.
PlayerWk 1Proj (PPR)MatchupForm L3Trade valueStatus
Eddy Pineiro @ LAR 7.3 20th 7 healthy
Jake Bates START vs NO 8.0 4th · soft 8 healthy

Ks vs LAR recently: Jason Myers 2 pts (W16) · Zane Gonzalez 12 pts (W17) · Chad Ryland 11 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.