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

Anthony Richardson (QB – IND) | QB15 for Week 7

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Richardson:

• Patrick Mahomes (KC)
• Kirk Cousins (ATL)
• Kyler Murray (ARI)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Richardson:

• Jared Goff (DET)
• Trevor Lawrence (JAX)
• Drake Maye (NE)

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

• Anthony Richardson or Patrick Mahomes: 68% of experts chose Mahomes
• Anthony Richardson or Kirk Cousins: 53% of experts chose Cousins
• Anthony Richardson or Jared Goff: 88% of experts chose Richardson
• Anthony Richardson or Trevor Lawrence: 93% of experts chose Richardson

Trey Sermon (RB – JAX) | RB52 for Week 7

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Sermon:

• Sean Tucker (TB)
• Isaac Guerendo (SF)
• Miles Sanders (CAR)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Sermon:

• D’Onta Foreman (CLE)
• Zamir White (LV)
• Blake Corum (LAR)

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

• Trey Sermon or Sean Tucker: 51% of experts chose Tucker
• Trey Sermon or Isaac Guerendo: 58% of experts chose Guerendo
• Trey Sermon or D’Onta Foreman: 63% of experts chose Foreman
• Trey Sermon or Zamir White: 53% of experts chose Sermon

Christian Watson (WR – GB) | WR43 for Week 7

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Watson:

• Tyler Lockett (SEA)
• Jerry Jeudy (CLE)
• Michael Pittman (IND)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Watson:

• Xavier Legette (CAR)
• Jaylen Waddle (MIA)
• Michael Wilson (ARI)

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

• Christian Watson or Tyler Lockett: 63% of experts chose Lockett
• Christian Watson or Jerry Jeudy: 53% of experts chose Jeudy
• Christian Watson or Xavier Legette: 51% of experts chose Legette
• Christian Watson or Jaylen Waddle: 53% of experts chose Watson

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