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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Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice: Week 11
Robinson Jr. is good to go for Week 11. He had a full practice on Wednesday and doesn’t carry an injury designation into Week 11. Robinson Jr. is the RB22 in fantasy points per game, ranking 17th in red zone touches. Among 50 qualifying backs, Robinson Jr. is 14th in explosive run rate and 21st in missed tackles forced per attempt. He faces a tough test this week against an Eagles run defense that has become an elite unit. Since Week 5, Philly has allowed the second-lowest explosive run rate and rushing yards per game, the lowest missed tackle rate, and the ninth-lowest yards after contact per attempt.
Ekeler will work in with Robinson Jr. this week. I’ll keep this short and sweet. This isn’t the week to consider flexing Ekeler. Even if the Commanders are playing catchup, there’s not a lot to like for Ekeler. If his volume is limited, you’d like to see a matchup where he can maximize his touches with efficiency or excel through the air. Neither is a likely outcome this week. Since Week 5, Philly has allowed the second-lowest explosive run rate and rushing yards per game, the lowest missed tackle rate, and the ninth-lowest yards after contact per attempt. Overall, Philly has held backs to the 12th-fewest receiving yards per game and the tenth-lowest yards per reception.
Smith is the WR23 in fantasy points per game, but he’s had more volatility over the last four games, with Philly really ratcheting up the rushing rate. Since Week 7, Smith had two games where he hasn’t managed to score more than four fantasy points. This isn’t a reflection of his talent, but when the passing volume gets sucked out of an offense, it can make it tougher for players with their week-to-week outlook. Smith also isn’t a great bet to score a touchdown weekly unless he breaks off a big play. He has only one red zone target across his last six games. Since Week 7, Smith has had a 21% target share, 1.90 YPRR, and a 30.8% first-read share while averaging 46 receiving yards per game. Since Week 6, Washington has had the second-highest single-high rate in the NFL (68.3%). Since Week 7, Smith has had a 16.7% target share, only 1.48 YPRR, and a 25% first-read share (third on the team). Temper your expectations for Smith this week. Since Week 6, Washington has allowed the seventh-fewest fantasy points per game to perimeter wide receivers.
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