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

Baker Mayfield (QB -TB) | QB9 for Week 12

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Mayfield:

• Bo Nix (DEN)
• Patrick Mahomes (KC)
• Jared Goff (DET)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Mayfield:

• Geno Smith (SEA)
• Anthony Richardson (IND)
• Tua Tagovailoa (MIA)

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

• Baker Mayfield or Bo Nix: 93% of experts chose Nix
• Baker Mayfield or Patrick Mahomes: 83% of experts chose Mahomes
• Baker Mayfield or Geno Smith: 62% of experts chose Mayfield
• Baker Mayfield or Anthony Richardson: 71% of experts chose Mayfield

Bucky Irving (RB – TB) | RB20 for Week 12

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Irving:

• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)
• Chuba Hubbard (CAR)
• Kareem Hunt (KC)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Irving:

• J.K. Dobbins (LAC)
• D’Andre Swift (CHI)
• Tony Pollard (TEN)

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

• Bucky Irving or Rhamondre Stevenson: 89% of experts chose Stevenson
• Bucky Irving or Chuba Hubbard: 73% of experts chose Hubbard
• Bucky Irving or J.K. Dobbins: 55% of experts chose Irving
• Bucky Irving or D’Andre Swift: 57% of experts chose Irving

Chuba Hubbard (RB – CAR) | RB18/Flex32 for Week 12

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Hubbard:

• Mike Evans (WR – TB)
• Travis Kelce (TE – KC)
• Terry McLaurin (WR – WAS)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Hubbard:

• Ladd McConkey (WR – LAC)
• Zay Flowers (WR – BAL)
• Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN)

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

• Chuba Hubbard or Mike Evans: 60% of experts chose Evans
• Chuba Hubbard or Travis Kelce: 70% of experts chose Kelce
• Chuba Hubbard or Ladd McConkey: 65% of experts chose Hubbard
• Chuba Hubbard or Zay Flowers: 68% of experts chose Hubbard

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