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
Bo Nix (QB – DEN) | QB14 for Week 9
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Nix:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Nix:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Bo Nix or Matthew Stafford: 78% of experts chose Stafford
- Bo Nix or Geno Smith: 76% of experts chose Smith
- Bo Nix or Jared Goff: 63% of experts chose Nix
- Bo Nix or Tua Tagovailoa: 89% of experts chose Nix
Josh Downs (WR – IND) | WR19 for Week 9
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Downs:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Downs:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Josh Downs or DJ Moore: 67% of experts chose Moore
- Josh Downs or Marvin Harrison Jr: 59% of experts chose Harrison Jr.
- Josh Downs or Zay Flowers: 59% of experts chose Downs
- Josh Downs or Darnell Mooney: 78% of experts Downs
Cade Otton (TE – TB) | TE6 for Week 9
Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Otton:
Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Otton:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Cade Otton or Trey McBride: 98% of experts chose Reed
- Cade Otton or David Njoku: 85% of experts chose Njoku
- Cade Otton or Kyle Pitts: 78% of experts chose Otton
- Cade Otton or Jake Ferguson: 76% of experts chose Otton
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