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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Darnold has been playing absolutely amazing football as the QB5 in fantasy points per game. Among 37 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks third in yards per attempt, second in passer rating, tenth in CPOE, and ninth in highly accurate throw rate. This will be a huge test to see how much of his growth this season is real. We’ll see if he can keep the ghosts at bay against his former team. The Jets pass defense remains among the best in the league. They have allowed the second-lowest yards per attempt, the sixth-lowest passer rating, the lowest CPOE, and the second-lowest success rate per dropback.
Freiermuth is the TE7 in fantasy points per game. He is tied for second on the team in red zone targets. Freiermuth has a 17.6% target share, 1.56 YPRR, and a 19.1% first-read share. These are all extremely strong metrics, ranking seventh, ninth, and seventh among 35 qualifying tight ends. Dallas has utilized single-high with 56.2% of their defensive snaps. Against single-high, Freiermuth’s target share has increased to 20.7%, and his first-read share has bumped up to 21.1%. Dallas has faced the fewest targets to tight ends (tied), but they have allowed the 13th-highest yards per reception to the position.
Since Week 3, Kmet has had a 59.8% route share, an 18.7% target share, 2.67 YPRR, and an 18.8% first-read share. Kmet is second in red zone targets for Chicago. Kmet is a borderline TE1 this week against a Panthers’ pass defense that has allowed the 13th-most receiving yards and the third-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
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