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) | QB7 for Week 13

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Mayfield:

• Lamar Jackson (BAL)
• Jayden Daniels (WAS)
• Justin Herbert (LAC)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Mayfield:

• Joe Burrow (CIN)
• C.J. Stroud (HOU)
• Bo Nix (DEN)

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

• Baker Mayfield or Lamar Jackson: 100% of experts chose Jackson
• Baker Mayfield or Jayden Daniels: 91% of experts chose Daniels
• Baker Mayfield or Joe Burrow: 51% of experts chose Mayfield
• Baker Mayfield or C.J. Stroud: 93% of experts chose Mayfield

Tony Pollard (RB – TEN) | RB22 for Week 13

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Pollard:

• James Cook (BUF)
• Aaron Jones (MIN)
• James Conner (ARI)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Pollard:

• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)
• Najee Harris (PIT)
• Rachaad White (TB)

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

• Tony Pollard or James Cook: 93% of experts chose Cook
• Tony Pollard or Aaron Jones: 96% of experts chose Jones
• Tony Pollard or Rhamondre Stevenson: 100% of experts chose Pollard
• Tony Pollard or Najee Harris: 100% of experts chose Pollard

Taysom Hill (TE – NO) | TE4/Flex54 for Week 13

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Hill:

• DK Metcalf (WR – SEA)
• Zay Flowers (WR – BUF)
• Trey McBride (TE – ARI)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Hill:

• Rachaad White (RB – TB)
• Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – JAX)
• DJ Moore (WR – CHI)

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

• Taysom Hill or DK Metcalf: 88% of experts chose Metcalf
• Taysom Hill or Zay Flowers: 81% of experts chose Flowers
• Taysom Hill or Rachaad White: 67% of experts chose White
• Taysom Hill or Brian Thomas Jr: 62% of experts chose Hill

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