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Wil Lutz Week 10 fantasy outlook: role, matchup and start/sit call

Our K18 for Week 10 — 4.3 projected points, on bye, rostered in 5% of leagues.

By Sally & Tina · Updated November 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM ET

Wil Lutz is on bye in Week 10 — replace him and revisit next week.

Projection
4.3 pts
K rank
#18
Matchup
bye

Wil Lutz's fantasy role in Week 10

Wil Lutz goes into Week 10 of the 2026 season as a deep-league K flyer for the DEN. He is rostered in 5% of leagues and actually started in 4% of them, and we rank him K18 on our own weekly board at 4.3 projected points.

Interest is cooling — roster rates slipped roughly 2% in the last week, so he is getting cheaper to acquire if you believe in the role.

No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.

Week 10 matchup breakdown

The DEN are on bye in Week 10, so there is no matchup to grade. Anyone holding him needs a one-week fill-in from the waiver wire.

How to play it

Wil Lutz is on bye in Week 10 — replace him and revisit next week.

Use the waiver wire for a one-week plug and keep him on your bench if you are otherwise healthy at K.

Sally's take

Peppers & Picks ranks Wil Lutz (DEN K), our K18 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season (his team is on bye), projecting 4.3 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally's honest about it: 3.2 points under the starter line isn't the ceiling she chases. 4% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. The projection sits about 43% under what a startable K returns, so I can't pretend the price tag matches the output. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.

Tina's take

Peppers & Picks ranks Wil Lutz (DEN K), our K18 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season (his team is on bye), projecting 4.3 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina would rather take the cheaper, steadier option than 3.2 points of shortfall. Nothing in the projection defends him — 43% below positional par is a bench line for me. No game on the schedule this week, so the only decision is who replaces him. Mild on the Pepper Meter is generous, honestly.