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

Joe Burrow (QB – CIN) | QB15 for Week 2

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Burrow:

• Brock Purdy (QB – SF)
• Matthew Stafford (QB – LAR)
• Baker Mayfield (QB – TB)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Burrow:

• Justin Fields (QB – PIT)
• Trevor Lawrence (QB – JAX)
• Justin Herbert (QB – LAC)

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

• Joe Burrow or Brock Purdy: 82% of experts chose Purdy
• Joe Burrow or Matthew Stafford: 74% of experts chose Stafford
• Joe Burrow or Justin Fields: 64% of experts chose Burrow

Jordan Mason (RB – SF) | RB19 for Week 2

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Mason:

• Rachaad White (RB – TB)
• Travis Etienne (RB – JAX)
• Rhamondre Stevenson (RB – NE)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Mason:

• J.K. Dobbins (RB – LAC)
• David Montgomery (RB – DET)
• Brian Robinson Jr. (RB – WAS)

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

• Jordan Mason or J.K. Dobbins: 65% of experts chose Mason
• Jordan Mason or Rhamondre Stevenson: 57% of experts chose Mason
• Jordan Mason or Travis Etienne: 41% of experts chose Etienne

Zack Moss (RB – CIN) | RB29/Flex65 for Week 2

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Moss:

• Keenan Allen (WR – LAC)
• George Pickens (WR – PIT)
• Jameson Williams (WR – DET)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Moss:

• George Kittle (RB – SF)
• Brian Thomas Jr. (RB – JAX)
• Christian Kirk (WR – JAX)

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

• Zack Moss or Jayden Reed: 84% of experts chose Moss
• Zack Moss or Brian Thomas Jr: 84% of experts chose Moss
• Zack Moss or George Pickens: 53% of experts chose Pickens

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