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

Deshaun Watson (QB – CLE) | QB14 for Week 5

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Watson:

• Geno Smith (SEA)
• Patrick Mahomes (KC)
• Anthony Richardson (IND)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Watson:

• Trevor Lawrence (JAX)
• Dak Prescott (DAL)
• Sam Darnold (MIN)

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

• Deshaun Watson or Anthony Richardson: 84% of experts chose Richardson
• Deshaun Watson or Trevor Lawrence: 53% of experts chose Watson
• Deshaun Watson or Dak Prescott: 71% of experts chose Watson

Chase Brown (RB – CIN) | RB28 for Week 5

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Brown:

• Trey Sermon (IND)
• Devin Singletary (NYG)
• Rico Dowdle (DAL)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Brown:

• Braelon Allen (NYJ)
• Tyler Allgeier (ATL)
• Roschon Johnson (CHI)

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

• Chase Brown or Trey Sermon: 64% of experts chose Sermon
• Chase Brown or Jerome Ford: 100% of experts chose Ford
• Chase Brown or Rhamondre Stevenson: 98% of experts chose Stevenson

Tre Tucker (WR – LV) | WR48 for Week 5

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Tucker:

• Jordan Whittington (LAR)
• Tyler Lockett (SEA)
• Jaylen Waddle (MIA)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Tucker:

• Allen Lazard (NYJ)
• Michael Wilson (ARI)
• Jalen Tolbert (DAL)

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

• Tre Tucker or Jaylen Waddle: 67% of experts chose Waddle
• Tre Tucker or Tyler Lockett: 80% of experts chose Lockett
• Tre Tucker or Allen Lazard: 51% of experts chose Lazard

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