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

Diontae Johnson (WR – CAR) WR34 for Week 1

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Johnson:

• Chris Godwin (TB)
• Tank Dell (HOU)
• Christian Kirk (JAX)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Johnson:

• Calvin Ridley (TEN)
• Keenan Allen (CHI)
• Jayden Reed (GB)

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

• Diontae Johnson or Calvin Ridley: 70% of experts chose Johnson
• Diontae Johnson or Christian Kirk: 81% of experts chose Kirk
• Diontae Johnson or Keenan Allen: 72% of experts chose Johnson

Cole Kmet (TE – CHI) TE19 for Week 1

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Kmet:

• Hunter Henry (NE)
• Tyler Conklin (NYJ)
• Pat Freiermuth (PIT)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Kmet:

• Luke Musgrave (GB)
• Noah Fant (SEA)
• Colby Parkinson (LAR)

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

• Cole Kmet or Cade Otton: 71% of experts chose Otton
• Cole Kmet or Hunter Henry: 83% of experts chose Henry
• Cole Kmet or Noah Fant: 70% of experts chose Kmet

Joshua Palmer (WR – LAC) WR44/Flex87 for Week 1

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Palmer:

• Chase Brown (RB – CIN)
• Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – JAX)
• Rome Odunze (WR – CHI)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Palmer:

• Tyjae Spears (RB – TEN)
• Tyler Lockett (WR – SEA)
• Austin Ekeler (RB – WAS)

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

• Joshua Palmer or Jameson Williams: 66% of experts chose Palmer
• Joshua Palmer or Jordan Addison: 67% of experts chose Palmer
• Joshua Palmer or J.K. Dobbins: 90% of experts chose Palmer

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