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

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – SEA) | WR28 for Week 5

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Smith-Njigba:

• Xavier Worthy (KC)
• Dontayvion Wicks (GB)
• Michael Pittman (IND)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Smith-Njigba:

• Rashid Shaheed (NO)
• Christian Kirk (JAX)
• Courtland Sutton (DEN)

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

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Michael Pittman: 73% of experts chose Pittman
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Christian Kirk: 58% of experts chose Kirk
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Rashid Shaheed: 62% of experts chose Smith-Njigba

Mark Andrews (TE – BAL) | TE20 for Week 5

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Andrews:

• Isaiah Likely (BAL)
• Tyler Conklin (NYJ)
• Dalton Schultz (HOU)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Andrews:

• Mike Gesicki (CIN)
• Noah Fant (SEA)
• Noah Gray (KC)

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

• Mark Andrews or Dalton Schultz: 69% of experts chose Schultz
• Mark Andrews or Tyler Conklin: 73% of experts chose Conklin
• Mark Andrews or Hunter Henry: 67% of experts chose Andrews

Stefon Diggs (WR – HOU) | WR13/Flex31 for Week 5

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Diggs:

• Najee Harris (RB – PIT)
• Brian Robinson Jr. (RB – WAS)
• Jerome Ford (RB – CLE)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Diggs:

• Amari Cooper (WR – CLE)
• Chris Olave (WR – NO)
• Garrett Wilson (WR – NYJ)

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

• Stefon Diggs or Amari Cooper: 53% of experts chose Cooper
• Stefon Diggs or Jerome Ford: 74% of experts chose Ford
• Stefon Diggs or Chris Olave: 51% of experts chose Olave

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