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

Mike Evans (WR – TB) | WR17 for Week 6

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Evans:

• Diontae Johnson (CAR)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI)
• Zay Flowers (BAL)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Evans:

• Tee Higgins (CIN)
• Terry McLaurin (WAS)
• DeVonta Smith (PHI)

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

• Mike Evans or Zay Flowers: 57% of experts chose Flowers
• Mike Evans or Tee Higgins: 57% of experts chose Evans
• Mike Evans or Terry McLaurin: 81% of experts chose Evans

DeAndre Hopkins (WR – TEN) | WR39/Flex70 for Week 6

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Hopkins:

• Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN)
• Sam LaPorta (TE – DET)
• Keenan Allen (WR – CHI)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Hopkins:

• Jalen Tolbert (WR – DAL)
• Rome Odunze (WR – CHI)
• James Cook (RB – BUF)

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

• DeAndre Hopkins or Trey Sermon: 73% of experts chose Sermon
• DeAndre Hopkins or Keenan Allen: 57% of experts chose Hopkins
• DeAndre Hopkins or Jalen Tolbert: 68% of experts chose Hopkins

Michael Wilson (WR – ARI) | WR43/Flex80 for Week 6

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Wilson:

• Tucker Kraft (TE – GB)
• Braelon Allen (RB – NYJ)
• Tyler Allgeier (RB – ATL)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Wilson:

• Xavier Legette (WR – CAR)
• Kyle Pitts (TE – ATL)
• Antonio Gibson (RB – NE)

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

• Michael Wilson or Tyler Allgeier: 55% of experts chose Allgeier
• Michael Wilson or Braelon Allen: 55% of experts chose Allen
• Michael Wilson or Xavier Legette: 64% of experts chose Wilson

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