Start or sit decisions can be excruciating. While it feels great to make the right call and cruise to fantasy glory, it hurts just as much when you have someone erupt while on your bench. You can use our Who Should I Start? tool to gauge advice from fantasy football experts as you make your lineup decisions. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free using our My Playbook tool for custom advice, rankings, and analysis.

Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players for Week 4 of fantasy football and what the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) advise.

*Based on Half-PPR Rankings as of Thursday

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Alexander Mattison (RB – MIN): RB43 for Week 4

Running Backs the ECR has ranked higher than Mattison:

• J.D. McKissic
• Darrell Henderson
• J.K. Dobbins

Running Backs the ECR has ranked lower than Mattison:

• Nyheim Hines
• Rex Burkhead
• Ken Walker III

Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:

• Alexander Mattison or J.K. Dobbins: 90% of experts chose Dobbins
• Alexander Mattison or J.D. McKissic: 55% of experts chose McKissic
• Alexander Mattison or Nyheim Hines: 69% of experts chose Mattison
• Alexander Mattison or Rex Burkhead: 78% of experts chose Mattison

Zay Jones (WR – JAC): WR46 for Week 4

Wide Receivers the ECR has ranked higher than Jones:

• Russell Gage
• Greg Dortch
• Allen Robinson II

Wide Receivers the ECR has ranked lower than Jones:

• Jahan Dotson
• Robert Woods
• Chase Claypool

Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:

• Zay Jones or Russell Gage: 83% of experts chose Gage
• Zay Jones or Mack Hollins: 89% of experts chose Jones
• Zay Jones or Jahan Dotson: 55% of experts chose Dotson
• Zay Jones or Robert Woods: 62% of experts chose Jones

Curtis Samuel (WR – WAS): WR31 for Week 4

Wide Receivers the ECR has ranked higher than Samuel:

• Chris Olave
• Rashod Bateman
• Tyler Lockett

Wide Receivers the ECR has ranked lower than Samuel:

• Michael Thomas
• DJ Moore
• Garrett Wilson

Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:

• Curtis Samuel or Chris Olave: 70% of experts chose Olave
• Curtis Samuel or Rashod Bateman: 69% of experts chose Bateman
• Curtis Samuel or Michael Thomas: 61% of experts chose Thomas
• Curtis Samuel or DJ Moore: 67% of experts chose Samuel

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If you want to dive deeper into fantasy football, check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Football Tools as you navigate your season. From our Start/Sit Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant, which allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team and how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy football season.