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
Caleb Williams (QB – CHI) | QB6 for Week 8
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Williams:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Williams:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Caleb Williams or Jalen Hurts: 100% of experts chose Hurts
- Caleb Williams or Jordan Love: 100% of experts chose Love
- Caleb Williams or C.J. Stroud: 64% of experts chose Williams
- Caleb Williams or Kyler Murray: 77% of experts chose Williams
Darnell Mooney (WR – ATL) | WR25 for Week 8
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Mooney:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Mooney:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Darnell Mooney or Tank Dell: 86% of experts chose Dell
- Darnell Mooney or Zay Flowers: 89% of experts chose Flowers
- Darnell Mooney or Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 75% of experts chose Mooney
- Darnell Mooney or Xavier Worthy: 73% of experts chose Mooney
Kyle Pitts (TE -ATL) | TE9 for Week 8
Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Pitts:
Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Pitts:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Kyle Pitts or Evan Engram: 84% of experts chose Engram
- Kyle Pitts or Jake Ferguson: 66% of experts chose Ferguson
- Kyle Pitts or Cade Otton: 64% of experts chose Pitts
- Kyle Pitts or Sam LaPorta: 91% of experts chose Pitts
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