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
Isiah Pacheco (RB – KC) RB15 for Week 1
Running Backs the ECR has higher than Pacheco:
Running Backs the ECR has lower than Pacheco:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Isiah Pacheco or Josh Jacobs: 55% of experts chose Pacheco
- Isiah Pacheco or James Cook: 73% of experts chose Cook
- Isiah Pacheco or Alvin Kamara: 65% of experts chose Pacheco
- Isiah Pacheco or Joe Mixon: 75% of experts chose Pacheco
Zay Flowers (WR – BAL) WR31 for Week 1
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Flowers:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Flowers:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Zay Flowers or Terry McLaurin: 81% of experts chose McLaurin
- Zay Flowers or Stefon Diggs: 71% of experts chose Diggs
- Zay Flowers or Tank Dell: 67% of experts chose Flowers
- Zay Flowers or Christian Kirk: 69% of experts chose Flowers
Jayden Reed (WR – GB) WR37 for Week 1
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Reed:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Reed:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Jayden Reed or Diontae Johnson: 84% of experts chose Johnson
- Jayden Reed or Calvin Ridley: 76% of experts chose Ridley
- Jayden Reed or Christian Watson: 71% of experts chose Jayden Reed
- Jayden Reed or Xavier Worthy: 70% of experts chose Reed
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