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

Sam LaPorta (TE – DET) | TE7 for Week 7

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than LaPorta:

• Trey McBride (ARI)
• Evan Engram (JAX)
• Kyle Pitts (ATL)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than LaPorta:

• Tucker Kraft (GB)
• David Njoku (CLE)
• Dalton Kincaid (BUF)

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

• Sam LaPorta or Trey McBride: 100% of experts chose McBride
• Sam LaPorta or Evan Engram: 89% of experts chose Engram
• Sam LaPorta or Tucker Kraft: 84% of experts chose LaPorta
• Sam LaPorta or David Njoku: 77% of experts chose LaPorta

Devin Singletary (RB – NYG) | RB36 for Week 7

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Singletary:

• Antonio Gibson (NE)
• Aaron Jones (MIN)
• Raheem Mostert (MIA)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Singletary:

• Jaylen Warren (PIT)
• Justice Hill (BAL)
• Zach Charbonnet (SEA)

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

• Devin Singletary or Antonio Gibson: 58% of experts chose Gibson
• Devin Singletary or Aaron Jones: 70% of experts chose Jones
• Devin Singletary or Jaylen Warren: 81% of experts chose Singletary
• Devin Singletary or Justice Hill: 81% of experts chose Singletary
• Devin Singletary or Tyrone Tracy: 91% of experts chose Tracy

Bucky Irving (RB – TB) | RB25/Flex58 for Week 7

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Irving:

• Trey McBride (TE – ARI)
• Ladd McConkey (WR – LAC)
• George Pickens (WR – PIT)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Irving:

• Josh Downs (WR – IND)
• Xavier Worthy (WR – KC)
• Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB – NYG)

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

• Bucky Irving or Trey McBride: 66% of experts chose McBride
• Bucky Irving or Ladd McConkey: 59% of experts chose McConkey
• Bucky Irving or Josh Downs: 51% of experts chose Irving
• Bucky Irving or Xavier Worthy: 56% of experts chose Irving

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