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
Bo Nix (QB – DEN) | QB13 for Week 8
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Nix:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Nix:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Bo Nix or Brock Purdy: 68% of experts chose Purdy
- Bo Nix or Patrick Mahomes: 61% of experts chose Mahomes
- Bo Nix or Jared Goff: 52% of experts chose Nix
- Bo Nix or Tua Tagovailoa: 64% of experts chose Nix
Amari Cooper (WR – BUF) | WR19 for Week 8
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Cooper:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Cooper:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Amari Cooper or Brian Thomas Jr: 93% of experts chose Thomas Jr.
- Amari Cooper or Garrett Wilson: 77% of experts chose Wilson
- Amari Cooper or Jaylen Waddle: 64% of experts chose Cooper
- Amari Cooper or Terry McLaurin: 64% of experts chose Cooper
David Njoku (TE – CLE) | TE4/Flex63 for Week 8
Flex Players the ECR has higher than Njoku:
Flex Players the ECR has lower than Njoku:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- David Njoku or Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 68% of experts chose Smith-Njigba
- David Njoku or Xavier Worthy: 63% of experts chose Worthy
- David Njoku or Chris Olave: 53% of experts chose Njoku
- David Njoku or Trey McBride: 68% of experts chose Njoku
Subscribe: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Castbox | Amazon Music | Podcast Addict | TuneIn
If you want to dive deeper into fantasy football, check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Football Tools as you navigate your season. From our Start/Sit Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant, which allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team and how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy football season.
