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

D’Andre Swift (RB – CHI) | RB16 for Week 5

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Swift:

• Travis Etienne Jr. (JAX)
• Brian Robinson Jr. (WAS)
• De’Von Achane (MIA)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Swift:

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

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

• D’Andre Swift or Jerome Ford: 91% of experts chose Swift
• D’Andre Swift or Najee Harris: 58% of experts chose Swift
• D’Andre Swift or Travis Etienne Jr: 73% of experts chose Etienne

Tutu Atwell (WR – LAR) | WR40 for Week 5

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Atwell:

• Jakobi Meyers (LV)
• Xavier Legette (CAR)
• Jordan Addison (MIN)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Atwell:

• Josh Downs (IND)
• Tank Dell (HOU)
• Rome Odunze (CHI)

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

• Tutu Atwell or Jordan Addison: 64% of experts chose Addison
• Tutu Atwell or Josh Downs: 58% of experts chose Downs
• Tutu Atwell or Tank Dell: 58% of experts chose Atwell

Tucker Kraft (TE – GB) | TE7 for Week 5

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Tucker:

• Jake Ferguson (DAL)
• Brock Bowers (LV)
• Dalton Kincaid (BUF)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Tucker:

• Pat Freiermuth (PIT)
• David Njoku (CLE)
• Cole Kmet (CHI)

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

• Tucker Kraft or Dalton Kincaid: 91% of experts chose Kincaid
• Tucker Kraft or Pat Freiermuth: 84% of experts chose Kraft
• Tucker Kraft or Brock Bowers: 100% of experts chose Bowers

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