Harrison Butker · Tyler Loop · 2026 week 5

Harrison Butker or Tyler Loop?

Wondering who you should start this week — Harrison Butker or Tyler Loop? 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 (LAC allow the 14th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 5	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Harrison Butker START	vs LAC	7.9	14th	9	–	healthy
Tyler Loop	@ ATL	7.5	27th · tough	8	–	healthy

Ks vs LAC recently: Matt Gay 8 pts (W2) · Tyler Bass 6 pts (W3) · Jason Myers 5 pts (W4).

Ks vs ATL recently: Ryan Fitzgerald 10 pts (W2) · Trey Smack 1 pts (W3) · Daniel Carlson 5 pts (W4).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.4 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Harrison Butker faces LAC, 14th most generous to Ks.
Tyler Loop faces ATL, 27th most generous to Ks.

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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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.