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Clutch Score vs. Consensus: Week 2's Boldest Calls

Where our Clutch Score ranks players most differently than the experts do for Week 2: who we are starting above consensus, and who we are sitting.

This week is in the books: see how these calls did →

The Clutch Score is our own projection of how a player scores this week, built from matchup, Vegas odds, usage and season projections rather than a poll of analysts. Most weeks it lands near expert consensus. Where it doesn't is the interesting part: a gap between our ranking and the field's is where a start/sit edge hides. These are our boldest calls for Week 2.

We line up each player's positional rank in our model against the experts' positional rank for the same week. A back we slot at RB12 whom the consensus has at RB20 is a +8 gap; the wider it is, the bolder the call. Both sides are weekly, so this is a disagreement about Sunday rather than about the season. Our biggest value is Xavier Worthy (WR29 to us, WR53 by consensus, +24), and our widest fade is Parker Washington (WR52 vs WR19, -33).

These calls were locked in on Sep 16, 2026, 10:25 AM ET and do not change afterwards, so they can be checked against what actually happened. Anyone who did not end up playing that week is left out of the lists above; the week's scorecard still carries him.

Starts: where we’re higher than consensus

Players our model ranks meaningfully above the experts this week. If we’re right, these are the lineup calls the field is slower to make.

PlayerOur rankConsensusGap
WRXavier WorthyKCWR29WR53+24
RBBlake CorumLARRB16RB38+22
WRJayden ReedGBWR26WR46+20
WRKhalil ShakirBUFWR27WR47+20
WRTerry McLaurinWASWR9WR26+17
WRDeebo SamuelSFWR24WR41+17
WRStefon DiggsWASWR17WR33+16
QBC.J. StroudHOUQB6QB20+14
WRJordan AddisonMINWR31WR45+14
RBMarShawn LloydGBRB15RB29+14
RBJacory Croskey-MerrittWASRB18RB31+13
RBKyren WilliamsLARRB4RB16+12
RBDavid MontgomeryHOURB5RB17+12
RBRachaad WhiteWASRB30RB42+12

Sits: where we’re lower than consensus

Players our model ranks below the experts this week. Not bad players, just ones whose matchup this week reads worse to us than to the field.

PlayerOur rankConsensusGap
WRParker WashingtonJAXWR52WR19-33
WRBrian ThomasQJAXWR73WR48-25
WRCarnell TateTENWR68WR43-25
WRWan'Dale RobinsonTENWR74WR49-25
WRJakobi MeyersJAXWR61WR40-21
WRDrake LondonATLWR34WR15-19
WREmeka EgbukaTBWR37WR21-16
RBBhayshul TutenJAXRB43RB27-16
WRTre TuckerLVWR70WR54-16
WRRome OdunzeCHIWR43WR28-15
RBTravis EtienneNORB37RB22-15
TETyler WarrenINDTE18TE3-15
WRDK MetcalfPITWR45WR30-15
RBAshton JeantyLVRB20RB6-14
WRGarrett WilsonNYJWR25WR11-14
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Rankings reflect FantasyPros expert consensus (PPR); projections via Sleeper. Generated live, so the names update as consensus moves.