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
C.J. Stroud (QB – HOU) | QB9 for Week 13
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Stroud:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Stroud:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- C.J. Stroud or Justin Herbert: 93% of experts chose Herbert
- C.J. Stroud or Baker Mayfield: 93% of experts chose Mayfield
- C.J. Stroud or Bo Nix: 58% of experts chose Stroud
- C.J. Stroud or Anthony Richardson: 73% of experts chose Stroud
Bucky Irving (RB – TB) | RB16 for Week 13
Running Backs the ECR has higher than Irving:
Running Backs the ECR has lower than Irving:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Bucky Irving or Kenneth Walker: 80% of experts chose Walker
- Bucky Irving or Breece Hall: 65% of experts chose Hall
- Bucky Irving or James Cook: 52% of experts chose Cook
- Bucky Irving or Aaron Jones: 54% of experts chose Irving
Mark Andrews (TE – BAL) | TE18 for Week 13
Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Andrews:
Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Andrews:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Mark Andrews or Will Dissly: 89% of experts chose Dissly
- Mark Andrews or Kyle Pitts: 87% of experts chose Pitts
- Mark Andrews or Pat Freiermuth: 100% of experts chose Andrews
- Mark Andrews or Dalton Schultz: 100% of experts chose Andrews
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