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

Brock Purdy (QB – SF) | QB4 for Week 5

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Purdy:

• Lamar Jackson (BAL)
• Josh Allen (BUF)
• Jayden Daniels (WAS)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Purdy:

• Jordan Love (GB)
• Justin Fields (CHI)
• C.J. Stroud (HOU)

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

• Brock Purdy or Joe Burrow: 98% of experts chose Purdy
• Brock Purdy or C.J. Stroud: 91% of experts chose Purdy
• Brock Purdy or Justin Fields: 89% of experts chose Purdy

Kareem Hunt (RB – KC) | RB20 for Week 5

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Hunt:

• Najee Harris (PIT)
• Jerome Ford (CLE)
• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Hunt:

• Zack Moss (CIN)
• Javonte Williams (DEN)
• Trey Sermon (IND)

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

• Kareem Hunt or Javonte Williams: 80% of experts chose Hunt
• Kareem Hunt or Rico Dowdle: 98% of experts chose Hunt
• Kareem Hunt or Devin Singletary: 67% of experts chose Hunt

Dontayvion Wicks (WR – GB) | WR26 for Week 5

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Wicks:

• Brian Thomas Jr. (JAX)
• Tyreek Hill (MIA)
• Xavier Worthy (KC)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Wicks:

• Michael Pittman (IND)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)
• Rashid Shaheed (NO)

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

• Dontayvion Wicks or Brandon Aiyuk: 100% of experts chose Aiyuk
• Dontayvion Wicks or Diontae Johnson: 100% of experts chose Johnson
• Dontayvion Wicks or Brian Thomas Jr. 71% of experts chose Thomas Jr.

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