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
Kyler Murray (QB – ARI) | QB9 for Week 8
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Murray:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Murray:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Kyler Murray or Joe Burrow: 100% of experts chose Burrow
- Kyler Murray or Caleb Williams: 77% of experts chose Williams
- Kyler Murray or Brock Purdy: 77% of experts chose Murray
- Kyler Murray or Patrick Mahomes: 91% of experts chose Murray
Jordan Mason (RB – SF) | RB6 for Week 8
Running Backs the ECR has higher than Mason:
Running Backs the ECR has lower than Mason:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Jordan Mason or Derrick Henry: 100% of experts chose Henry
- Jordan Mason or Joe Mixon: 98% of experts chose Mixon
- Jordan Mason or Bijan Robinson: 66% of experts chose Mason
- Jordan Mason or Jahmyr Gibbs: 75% of experts chose Mason
Jalen McMillan (WR – TB) | WR41 for Week 8
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than McMillan:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than McMillan:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Jalen McMillan or Jerry Jeudy: 66% of experts chose Jeudy
- Jalen McMillan or Wan’Dale Robinson: 57% of experts chose Robinson
- Jalen McMillan or Jakobi Meyers: 66% of experts chose Meyers
- Jalen McMillan or Rome Odunze: 52% of experts chose McMillan
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