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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Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice
Henry is the TE10 in fantasy points per game, ranking fifth in deep targets and fourth in red zone looks at the position. He has a 16.4% target share, 1.66 YPRR, and a 16.3% first-read share. The Jets are 16th in yards per reception allowed to tight ends. Henry should flirt with TE1 value again this week.
Last week, Watson had a 44.4% route share and only a 6.1% target share, but I expect those numbers to go up this week with the matchup incoming. Since Week 3, Jacksonville has had the fourth-highest two high rate (55.1%) in the NFL. Against two high, Watson ranks fourth on the team in TPRR (19%), but he leads the team in YPRR (2.91) and FD/RR (0.125). If there was ever a week for Watson to post a juicy stat line, it would be Week 8. Jacksonville has allowed the seventh-highest PPR points per target and the second-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.
Lockett is the WR41 in fantasy points per game with two WR2 weeks in weekly fantasy scoring this season (WR22, WR18). Lockett has seen his red zone usage tick up lately, with five targets inside the 20-yard line in his last four games. He has a 14.6% target share, 1.69 YPRR, and an 18.6% first-read share. Lockett is best left on the bench this week. Buffalo has kept perimeter wide receivers in check with the third-fewest receiving yards per game and the eighth-lowest PPR points per target permitted.
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