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

Sam Darnold (QB – MIN) | QB14 for Week 4

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Darnold:

• Geno Smith (SEA)
• Brock Purdy (SF)
• Anthony Richardson (IND)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Darnold:

• Baker Mayfield (TB)
• Jared Goff (DET)
• Caleb Williams (CHI)

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

• Sam Darnold or Jared Goff: 51% of experts chose Goff
• Sam Darnold or Caleb Williams: 60% of experts chose Darnold
• Sam Darnold or Anthony Richardson: 55% of experts chose Richardson

Zach Charbonnet (RB – SEA) | RB30 for Week 4

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Charbonnet:

• Rachaad White (TB)
• Cam Akers (HOU)
• Carson Steele (KC)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Charbonnet:

• Bucky Irving (TB)
• D’Andre Swift (CHI)
• Braelon Allen (NYJ)

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

• Zach Charbonnet or Carson Steele: 52% of experts chose Charbonnet
• Zach Charbonnet or Cam Akers: 54% of experts chose Charbonnet
• Zach Charbonnet or Bucky Irving: 58% of experts chose Charbonnet

Cole Kmet (TE – CHI) | TE9 for Week 4

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Kmet:

• Kyle Pitts (ATL)
• Mark Andrews (BAL)
• Pat Freiermuth (PIT)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Kmet:

• Isaiah Likely (BAL)
• Dalton Schultz (HOU)
• Mike Gesicki (CIN)

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

• Cole Kmet or Isaiah Likely: 59% of experts chose Kmet
• Cole Kmet or Mark Andrews: 67% of experts chose Andrews
• Cole Kmet or Pat Freiermuth: 74% of experts chose Freiermuth

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