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) | QB17 for Week 10

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Stroud:

• Kyler Murray (ARI)
• Aaron Rodgers (NYJ)
• Daniel Jones (NYG)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Stroud:

• Justin Herbert (LAC)
• Caleb Williams (CHI)
• Bo Nix (DEN)

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

• C.J. Stroud or Kyler Murray: 74% of experts chose Murray
• C.J. Stroud or Aaron Rodgers: 56% of experts chose Rodgers
• C.J. Stroud or Justin Herbert: 65% of experts chose Stroud
• C.J. Stroud or Caleb Williams: 84% of experts chose Stroud

Chuba Hubbard (RB – CAR) | RB21 for Week 10

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Hubbard:

• Kareem Hunt (KC)
• J.K. Dobbins (LAC)
• David Montgomery (DET)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Hubbard:

• Najee Harris (PIT)
• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)
• Tony Pollard (TEN)

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

• Chuba Hubbard or Kareem Hunt: 100% of experts chose Hunt
• Chuba Hubbard or J.K. Dobbins: 91% of experts chose Dobbins
• Chuba Hubbard or Najee Harris: 70% of experts chose Hubbard
• Chuba Hubbard or Rhamondre Stevenson: 72% of experts chose Hubbard

Josh Downs (WR – IND) | WR19 for Week 10

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Downs:

• DeVonta Smith (PHI)
• Tank Dell (HOU)
• Brian Thomas Jr. (JAX)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Downs:

• Darnell Mooney (ATL)
• CeeDee Lamb (DAL)
• DeAndre Hopkins (KC)

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

• Josh Downs or DeVonta Smith: 70% of experts chose Smith
• Josh Downs or Tank Dell: 67% of experts chose Dell
• Josh Downs or Darnell Mooney: 53% of experts chose Downs
• Josh Downs or CeeDee Lamb: 67% of experts chose Lamb

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