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 fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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Irving was the team’s leadback last week, and he looks to reprise the role in Week 7. Last week, he played 65% of the snaps overall, 73% of the passing down snaps, and had an 84% snap rate in the red zone. Irving finished last week with 16 touches and 105 total yards as the RB12 for the week. He has been impressive this season on a per-touch basis. Among 61 qualifying backs, Irving ranks second in explosive run rate, fifth in missed tackles forced per attempt, and fourth in yards after contact per attempt. He has a brutal matchup this week against a Baltimore run defense that has allowed the fourth-lowest explosive run rate, the fewest rushing yards per game, and the lowest yards after contact per attempt. Irving is a volume-based RB2 this week.
Last week, Watson finished as the WR20 in fantasy, garnering a 62.9% route share (second among wide receivers) with a 12.5% target share, a 36% air-yard share, 3.09 YPRR, and a 15% first-read share (tied for second on the team). Watson is second on the team in end-zone targets. Watson faces a Houston secondary that is 16th in receiving yards per game allowed to perimeter wide receivers. The Texans have the eighth-highest single-high rate in the NFL (58.3%). Against single-high, Watson ranks fifth on the team in TPRR (13%), YPRR (1.22), and first-read share (10%). Sit Watson this week.
Last week, Doubs returned and posted a strong stat line as the WR11 for the week. Doubs had a 12.5% target share, a 26.4% air-yard share, 49 receiving yards (1.88 YPRR), a 15% first-read share, and two scores. Houston is 16th in receiving yards per game allowed to perimeter wide receivers. The Texans have the eighth-highest single-high rate in the NFL (58.3%). Against single-high, Doubs is fourth on the team in TPRR (17%) and YPRR (1.87) while running first in first-read share (24%). Doubs could be leaned on this week as Jayden Reed‘s running mate for the team lead in targets.
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