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

Baker Mayfield (QB – TB) | QB16 for Week 8

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Mayfield:

• Bo Nix (DEN)
• Jared Goff (DET)
• Tua Tagovailoa (MIA)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Mayfield:

• Geno Smith (SEA)
• Anthony Richardson (IND)
• Dak Prescott (DAL)

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

• Baker Mayfield or Bo Nix: 57% of experts chose Nix
• Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff: 57% of experts chose Goff
• Baker Mayfield or Geno Smith: 61% of experts chose Mayfield
• Baker Mayfield or Anthony Richardson: 84% of experts chose Mayfield

Tank Bigsby (RB – JAX) | RB27 for Week 8

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Bigsby:

• Tony Pollard (TEN)
• Najee Harris (PIT)
• Chase Brown (CIN)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Bigsby:

• Rachaad White (TB)
• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)
• Rico Dowdle (DAL)

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

• Tank Bigsby or Tony Pollard: 91% of experts chose Pollard
• Tank Bigsby or Najee Harris: 93% of experts chose Harris
• Tank Bigsby or Rachaad White: 61% of experts chose Bigsby
• Tank Bigsby or Rhamondre Stevenson: 86% of experts chose Bigsby

Cade Otton (TE – TB) | TE10/Flex80 for Week 8

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Otton:

• Jerry Jeudy (WR – CLE)
• Michael Pittman (WR – IND)
• Jake Ferguson (TE – DAL)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Otton:

• Kyle Pitts (TE – ATL)
• Tucker Kraft (TE – GB)
• Wan’Dale Robinson (WR – NYG)

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

• Cade Otton or Jerry Jeudy: 60% of experts chose Jeudy
• Cade Otton or Michael Pittman: 63% of experts chose Pittman
• Cade Otton or Kyle Pitts: 64% of experts chose Pitts
• Cade Otton or Tucker Kraft: 64% of experts chose Kraft

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