Jake Bates for Ryan Fitzgerald (2026)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET	Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR
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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	# 25	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	vs. NO	vs. CHI	-
Matchup Rating	-	-	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	152.0	111.0	-
Avg Game	8.9	6.5	-
Avg Projection	135.9	107.0	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	1	31	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Jake Bates	Ryan Fitzgerald	Add Player

Jonathan Stone J. Stone Stone Cold Fantasy Stone Cold Fantasy 08/02	#10	#25	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/02	#15	#26	-

Joel Smyth J. Smyth Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/02	#16	#26	-

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 08/02	#16	#24	-

Luke Renton L. Renton The Franchise Tag UK The Franchise Tag UK 08/02	#6	#22	-

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ... Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 08/01	#13	#25	-

Mike Bland M. Bland Points Over Expected Points Over Expected 08/01	#13	‐	-

Hayden Winks H. Winks Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/01	#5	#24	-

Scott Engel S. Engel RotoBaller RotoBaller 08/01	#12	#28	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 07/31	#13	#26	-

Justin Fuhr J. Fuhr Pro Football Mania Pro Football Mania 07/31	#12	#24	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 07/31	#13	#23	-

Kyle Senra K. Senra Going For 2 Going For 2 08/02	#10	#28	-

Ryan Weisse R. Weisse Club Fantasy FFL Club Fantasy FFL 07/31	#15	#27	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/30	#7	#22	-

Shaun Evans S. Evans FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/30	#10	#21	-

Doug Burrell D. Burrell Draft With Doug Draft With Doug 07/30	#11	#23	-

Kyle Krajewski K. Krajewski First Seed Sports First Seed Sports 07/29	#5	#26	-

Brad Beatson B. Beatson Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo... 07/29	#13	‐	-

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/01	#9	#26	-

Justin Bauerle J. Bauerle FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/28	#11	#24	-

Gary Davenport G. Davenport Footballguys Footballguys 07/28	#12	#26	-

Dr. Roto D. Roto FullTime Fantasy FullTime Fantasy 07/27	#11	#23	-

Huseyin Aksu H. Aksu Fantasy Couch Fantasy Couch 07/29	#9	#25	-

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 07/24	#13	#23	-

Joe Wiggans J. Wiggans IDP Guys IDP Guys 07/24	‐	#9	-

Rudy Gamble R. Gamble Razzball Razzball 07/23	#2	#27	-

Jacob Piccolo J. Piccolo TrueRGM TrueRGM 07/27	#11	#23	-

David Heilman D. Heilman Dynasty Trade Calculator Dynasty Trade Calc... 07/17	#11	#24	-

Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 07/17	#9	#24	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF 07/14	#13	#25	-

Justin Boone J. Boone Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/14	#11	#27	-

Jason Willan J. Willan Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#11	#24	-

Pierre Camus P. Camus Fantasy Endgame Fantasy Endgame 07/13	‐	#9	-

David Biggs D. Biggs Drink Five Drink Five 07/12	#14	#24	-

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

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#11	#22	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 08/01	#11	#24	-

Nick Raducanu N. Raducanu Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 07/07	#13	#20	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot... 08/02	#11	#22	-

Mike MacGregor M. MacGregor Draft Buddy Draft Buddy 07/28	#12	#23	-

Edward Gorelik E. Gorelik End of Football End of Football 07/25	#13	#24	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 07/24	#13	#23	-

Ken Zalis K. Zalis Pressbox Pressbox 08/01	#13	‐	-

Alfredo Brown A. Brown Footballguys Footballguys 08/01	#10	#25	-

Mick Ciallela M. Ciallela Fantrax Fantrax 06/28	#5	#25	-

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

Drew DeLuca D. DeLuca Going For 2 Going For 2 08/01	#7	#19	-

Scott Bogman S. Bogman FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/13	‐	#3	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 06/12	#13	#26	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/01	#14	#24	-

Seth Woolcock S. Woolcock FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/31	#11	#20	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 07/29	#15	#28	-

Cameron Sheath C. Sheath Cam Sheath Fantasy Football Blog Cam Sheath Fantasy... 08/01	‐	#1	-

Tom Strachan T. Strachan NFL Best Ball NFL Best Ball 07/25	#14	#26	-

Wyatt Bertolone W. Bertolone Player Profiler Player Profiler 08/01	‐	#7	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/02	#10	‐	-

Jacob Hubman J. Hubman The Fantasy Headliners The Fantasy Headli... 05/11	#13	#25	-

Richard Savill R. Savill Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/27	#12	#31	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 07/29	#14	#27	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#12	#27	-

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

Fantasy BR F. BR Fantasy BR Fantasy BR 04/27	#24	#17	-

Jacob Gibbs J. Gibbs SportsLine SportsLine 07/28	#2	#15	-

Wolf of Roto Street W. of Roto ... Roto Street Journal Roto Street Journal 07/07	‐	#10	-

Justin Sablich J. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy 04/20	#13	#25	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts OddsChecker OddsChecker 07/09	#10	#25	-

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

Player Projections Comparison
	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET	Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR
Kicking

FG	28.3	25.5
FGA	33.8	29.8
XPT	51.1	30.4

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET	Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR
2025 Points
Week 1	7.0	5.0
Week 2	10.0	4.0
Week 3	9.0	15.0
Week 4	13.0	1.0
Week 5	5.0	10.0
Week 6	5.0	14.0
Week 7	8.0	7.0
Week 8	‐	4.0
Week 9	7.0	5.0
Week 10	13.0	1.0
Week 11	5.0	10.0
Week 12	12.0	3.0
Week 13	6.0	7.0
Week 14	16.0	‐
Week 15	11.0	6.0
Week 16	6.0	13.0
Week 17	5.0	4.0
Week 18	14.0	2.0
Total	152.0	111.0
Average	8.9	6.5

Notes for Player Combination
	Jake Bates K - DET Jake Bates K - DET	Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR Ryan Fitzgerald K - CAR
Expert
Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros	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.