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

Hunter Henry (TE – NE) | TE11 for Week 3

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Henry:

• Kyle Pitts (ATL)
• Dallas Goedert (PHI)
• Isaiah Likely (BAL)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Henry:

• Mike Gesicki (CIN)
• Zach Ertz (WAS)
• Pat Freiermuth (PIT)

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

• Hunter Henry or Isaiah Likely: 76% of experts chose Likely
• Hunter Henry or Zach Ertz: 66% of experts chose Henry
• Hunter Henry or Dallas Goedert: 83% of experts chose Goedert

Mike Williams (WR – NYJ) | WR71 for Week 3

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Williams:

• Ray-Ray McLoud (ATL)
• Jalen Tolbert (DAL)
• Keenan Allen (LAC)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Williams:

• Elijah Moore (CLE)
• Ja’Lynn Polk (NE)
• Jordan Whittington (LAR)

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

• Mike Williams or Ja’Lynn Polk: 57% of experts chose Williams
• Mike Williams or Keenan Allen: 79% of experts chose Allen
• Mike Williams or Elijah Moore: 52% of experts chose Moore

Braelon Allen (RB – NYJ) | RB45 for Week 3

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Allen:

• Alexander Mattison (LV)
• Chase Brown (CIN)
• Jaleel McLaughlin (DEN)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Allen:

• Justice Hill (BAL)
• Antonio Gibson (NE)
• Joe Mixon (HOU)

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

• Braelon Allen or Jaleel McLaughlin: 57% of experts chose McLaughlin
• Braelon Allen or Chase Brown: 79% of experts chose Brown
• Braelon Allen or Antonio Gibson: 72% of experts chose Allen

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