Harrison Butker · Nick Folk · 2026 week 1

Harrison Butker or Nick Folk?

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

Start Harrison Butker — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.4 points. The matchup leans Harrison Butker (DEN allow the 6th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Harrison Butker START	vs DEN	6.4	6th · soft	12	–	healthy
Nick Folk	@ PIT	6.0	16th	7	–	healthy

Ks vs DEN recently: Cam Little 11 pts (W16) · Harrison Butker 10 pts (W17) · Cameron Dicker 3 pts (W18).

Ks vs PIT recently: Jake Bates 6 pts (W16) · Andre Szmyt 9 pts (W17) · Tyler Loop 6 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.