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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Tracy Jr. could draw another start in Week 7 if Singletary misses the game. Over the last two weeks, Tracy Jr. has crushed as the RB7 in fantasy points per game, averaging 21.5 touches and 118.5 total yards. Since Week 5, among 35 qualifying backs, Tracy Jr. ranks 15th in explosive run rate and 12th in missed tackles forced per attempt. Tracy Jr. would be a volume-fueled RB2 again this week. Philly has allowed the second-highest explosive run rate while ranking 15th in missed tackles allowed per attempt and 18th in yards after contact per attempt.
Maye surpassed my expectations in Week 6. It wasn’t so much a Maye issue that I had but bigger concerns with the offensive line and the play-calling. The offensive line concerns were real as Maye faced the eighth-highest pressure rate and had the 13th-lowest time to pressure last week. Maye still finished the week as the QB9 in fantasy. Among 26 qualifying passers, he was 11th in yards per attempt, 16th in passer rating, 11th in CPOE, and 20th in catchable target rate. Maye scrambled on 29.4% of his pressured dropbacks last week and compensated for the pressure by either running or tossing it to underneath routes (2.2 pressured aDOT, second-lowest of the week). Maye should have more time in the pocket this week against a Jacksonville defense that has the 11th-lowest pressure rate. Maye should carve up this terrible secondary. Jacksonville has allowed the fourth-highest yards per attempt, the most passing touchdowns, the second-highest CPOE, and the sixth-highest success rate per dropback.
Mooney continues to be one of the best values from draft season as the WR26 in fantasy points per game. Among wideouts, he is seventh in deep targets (nine), and he also has drawn two red zone targets. Mooney has drawn a 20.7% target share, a 34% air-yard share, and a 26.8% first-read share with 1.86 YPRR. Since Week 4, Seattle has utilized single-high on 57.6% of their defensive snaps. Against single-high, Mooney has seen his numbers drop to an 18.3% target share, a 0.94 YPRR, and a 23.3% first-read share. The saving grace for Mooney this week could be his role as the field stretcher. Seattle has allowed the 13th-highest passer rating and the tenth-highest CPOE to deep passing. Mooney faces a secondary that, since Week 4, has allowed the seventh-most receiving yards per game and the highest PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.
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