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

Geno Smith (QB – SEA) | QB16 for Week 6

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Smith:

• Kirk Cousins (ATL)
• Baker Mayfield (TB)
• Daniel Jones (NYG)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Smith:

• Jared Goff (DET)
• Andy Dalton (CAR)
• Trevor Lawrence (JAX)

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

• Geno Smith or Daniel Jones: 60% of experts chose Jones
• Geno Smith or Jared Goff: 53% of experts chose Goff
• Geno Smith or Baker Mayfield: 63% of experts chose Mayfield

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – SEA) | WR30 for Week 6

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Smith-Njigba:

• George Pickens (PIT)
• Tank Dell (HOU)
• Rashid Shaheed (NO)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Smith-Njigba:

• Wan’Dale Robinson (NYG)
• Dontayvion Wicks (GB)
• Josh Downs (IND)

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

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Rashid Shaheed: 52% of experts chose Shaheed
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Tank Dell: 55% of experts chose Dell
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Wan’Dale Robinson: 66% of experts chose Smith-Njigba

Brandon Aiyuk (WR – SF) | WR12 for Week 6

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Aiyuk:

• Chris Godwin (TB)
• DK Metcalf (SEA)
• Stefon Diggs (HOU)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Aiyuk:

• Deebo Samuel (SF)
• Garrett Wilson (NYJ)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (IND)

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

• Brandon Aiyuk or Stefon Diggs: 62% of experts chose Diggs
• Brandon Aiyuk or DK Metcalf: 86% of experts chose Metcalf
• Brandon Aiyuk or Garrett Wilson: 69% of experts chose Aiyuk
• Brandon Aiyuk or Deebo Samuel: 55% of experts chose Aiyuk

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