Evan McPherson for Jake Bates (2026)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	Evan McPherson K - CIN Evan McPherson K - CIN	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET
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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	# 10	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	vs. TB	vs. NO	-
Matchup Rating	-	-	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	136.0	152.0	-
Avg Game	8.0	8.9	-
Avg Projection	128.7	135.9	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	22	1	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Evan McPherson	Jake Bates	Add Player

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 07/23	#8	#9	-

Joel Smyth J. Smyth Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/22	#13	#16	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/22	#13	#14	-

Brad Beatson B. Beatson Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo... 07/23	#10	#12	-

Doug Burrell D. Burrell Draft With Doug Draft With Doug 07/21	#21	#10	-

Hayden Winks H. Winks Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/20	#9	#11	-

Jonathan Stone J. Stone Stone Cold Fantasy Stone Cold Fantasy 07/20	#16	#7	-

Jacob Piccolo J. Piccolo TrueRGM TrueRGM 07/19	#10	#11	-

Luke Renton L. Renton The Franchise Tag UK The Franchise Tag UK 07/19	#5	#6	-

David Heilman D. Heilman Dynasty Trade Calculator Dynasty Trade Calc... 07/17	#9	#11	-

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 07/17	#7	#13	-

Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 07/17	#15	#9	-

Ryan Weisse R. Weisse Club Fantasy FFL Club Fantasy FFL 07/16	#11	#15	-

Rudy Gamble R. Gamble Razzball Razzball 07/16	#6	#2	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/15	#23	#7	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF 07/14	#5	#13	-

Justin Boone J. Boone Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/14	#13	#11	-

Jason Willan J. Willan Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/13	#8	#11	-

David Biggs D. Biggs Drink Five Drink Five 07/12	#12	#14	-

The Tecmo Weave T. Tecmo Weave Lab 52 Lab 52 07/12	#9	#14	-

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#6	#11	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 07/14	#13	#11	-

Justin Fuhr J. Fuhr Pro Football Mania Pro Football Mania 07/22	#7	#12	-

Nick Raducanu N. Raducanu Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 07/07	#10	#13	-

Kyle Krajewski K. Krajewski First Seed Sports First Seed Sports 07/17	#15	#5	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot... 07/17	#8	#11	-

Mike MacGregor M. MacGregor Draft Buddy Draft Buddy 07/05	#8	#12	-

Edward Gorelik E. Gorelik End of Football End of Football 07/19	#8	#13	-

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ... Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 07/03	#8	#13	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 07/01	#14	#13	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 07/01	#8	#13	-

Ken Zalis K. Zalis Pressbox Pressbox 07/21	#8	#13	-

Alfredo Brown A. Brown Footballguys Footballguys 07/10	#11	#10	-

Mick Ciallela M. Ciallela Fantrax Fantrax 06/28	#10	#5	-

Ben Wasley B. Wasley Hashtag Football Hashtag Football 07/21	#16	#12	-

Drew DeLuca D. DeLuca Going For 2 Going For 2 06/28	#6	#7	-

Huseyin Aksu H. Aksu Fantasy Couch Fantasy Couch 07/02	#11	#9	-

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 07/08	#6	#13	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 06/12	#10	#13	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/22	#12	#14	-

Seth Woolcock S. Woolcock FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/15	#14	#11	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 07/08	#7	#15	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 06/04	#15	#12	-

Tom Strachan T. Strachan NFL Best Ball NFL Best Ball 05/18	#8	#14	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 07/22	#13	#10	-

Jacob Hubman J. Hubman The Fantasy Headliners The Fantasy Headli... 05/11	#8	#13	-

Richard Savill R. Savill Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 05/09	#9	#12	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 05/11	#8	#14	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/20	#9	#12	-

Elisha Twerski E. Twerski USA Today USA Today 04/28	#10	#15	-

Fantasy BR F. BR Fantasy BR Fantasy BR 04/27	#15	#24	-

Jacob Gibbs J. Gibbs SportsLine SportsLine 06/09	‐	#2	-

Justin Sablich J. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy 04/20	#6	#13	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts OddsChecker OddsChecker 07/09	#12	#10	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Evan McPherson K - CIN Evan McPherson K - CIN	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET
2026 Schedule
Week 1	vs. TB	vs. NO
Week 2	at HOU	at BUF
Week 3	at PIT	vs. NYJ
Week 4	vs. JAC	at CAR
Week 5	at MIA	at ARI
Week 6	BYE WEEK	BYE WEEK
Week 7	at BAL	vs. GB
Week 8	vs. TEN	vs. MIN
Week 9	at ATL	at MIA
Week 10	vs. PIT	vs. NE
Week 11	at WAS	vs. TB
Week 12	vs. NO	vs. CHI
Week 13	at CLE	at ATL
Week 14	vs. KC	vs. TEN
Week 15	at CAR	at MIN
Week 16	at IND	vs. NYG
Week 17	vs. BAL	at CHI
Week 18	vs. CLE	at GB

Player Projections Comparison
	Evan McPherson K - CIN Evan McPherson K - CIN	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET
Kicking

FG	27.7	28.3
FGA	32.1	33.8
XPT	45.7	51.0

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Evan McPherson K - CIN Evan McPherson K - CIN	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET
2025 Points
Week 1	5.0	7.0
Week 2	7.0	10.0
Week 3	5.0	9.0
Week 4	3.0	13.0
Week 5	8.0	5.0
Week 6	5.0	5.0
Week 7	17.0	8.0
Week 8	8.0	‐
Week 9	11.0	7.0
Week 10	‐	13.0
Week 11	8.0	5.0
Week 12	12.0	12.0
Week 13	24.0	6.0
Week 14	4.0	16.0
Week 15	0.0	11.0
Week 16	10.0	6.0
Week 17	9.0	5.0
Week 18	0.0	14.0
Total	136.0	152.0
Average	8.0	8.9

Notes for Player Combination
	Evan McPherson K - CIN Evan McPherson K - CIN	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET
Expert
Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros	After converting only 72.7% of his field goal attempts in 2024, five-year veteran Evan McPherson had a career-best 89.3% FG accuracy rate in 2025, hitting 25-of-28 attempts. McPherson finished 14th among kickers in fantasy scoring last year and hasn't finished in the top 10 since his 2021 rookie season. But if Bengals QB Joe Burrow, who missed nine games last season, enjoys a season of good health, McPherson should have his fair share of FG and PAT opportunities.	Lions kicker Jake Bates has one of the strongest legs in the NFL, and he plays for a team that can really pile on the points. Bates has led the NFL in extra points in each of the last two seasons, making 64 of them in 2024 and 54 of them in 2025. Perhaps the worst thing about having Bates as your fantasy kicker is that Lions head coach Dan Campbell is hyper-aggressive about going for it on fourth down, which robs Bates of some FG attempts. But Campbell is also willing to let his kicker try some long-range bombs. Bates was 4-of-9 on FG attempts from 50 yards or longer last season, and two of the misses were from 67 and 65 yards.