Start em or sit em? Fantasy football 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 and what the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) advise.

Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice

Bucky Irving (RB – TB) | RB43 for Week 2

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Irving:

• Jaylen Warren (RB – PIT)
• Rico Dowdle (RB – DAL)
• Ty Chandler (RB – MIN)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Irving:

• Justice Hill (RB – BAL)
• Tank Bigsby (RB – JAX)
• Alexander Mattison (RB – LV)

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

• Bucky Irving or Ty Chandler: 70% of experts chose Chandler
• Bucky Irving or Rico Dowdle: 81% of experts chose Dowdle
• Bucky Irving or Justice Hill: 51% of experts chose Hill

Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR – ARI) | WR17 for Week 2

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Harrison:

• Brandon Aiyuk (WR – SF)
• Malik Nabers (WR – NYG)
• DeVonta Smith (WR – PHI)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Harrison:

• Drake London (WR – ATL)
• DJ Moore (WR – CHI)
• Chris Olave (WR – NO)

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

• Marvin Harrison Jr. or DeVonta Smith: 53% of experts chose Harrison
• Marvin Harrison Jr. or Drake London: 63% of experts chose Harrison
• Marvin Harrison Jr. or Malik Nabers: 62% of experts chose Nabers

Diontae Johnson | WR39/Flex77 for Week 2

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Johnson:

• Mark Andrews (TE – BAL)
• Calvin Ridley (WR – TEN)
• Ladd McConkey (WR – LAC)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Johnson:

• Rashid Shaheed (WR – NO)
• Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN)
• Brandin Cooks (WR – DAL)

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

• Diontae Johnson or Ladd McConkey: 63% of experts chose McConkey
• Diontae Johnson or Rashid Shaheed: 75% of experts chose Johnson
• Diontae Johnson or Zamir White: 55% of experts chose Johnson
• Diontae Johnson or Mark Andrews: 65% of experts chose Johnson

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