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

Cade Otton (TE – TB) | TE9 for Week 13

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Otton:

• George Kittle (SF)
• T.J. Hockenson (MIN)
• Evan Engram (JAX)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Otton:

• David Njoku (CLE)
• Dallas Goedert (PHI)
• Hunter Henry (NE)

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

• Cade Otton or George Kittle: 93% of experts chose Kittle
• Cade Otton or T.J. Hockenson: 80% of experts chose Hockenson
• Cade Otton or David Njoku: 60% of experts chose Otton
• Cade Otton or Dallas Goedert: 80% of experts chose Otton

James Conner (RB – ARI) | RB21 for Week 13

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Conner:

• Bucky Irving (TB)
• James Cook (BUF)
• Aaron Jones (MIN)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Conner:

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

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

• James Conner or Bucky Irving: 83% of experts chose Irving
• James Conner or James Cook: 85% of experts chose Cook
• James Conner or Tony Pollard: 63% of experts chose Conner
• James Conner or Rhamondre Stevenson: 93% of experts chose Conner

Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN) | WR12 for Week 13

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Sutton:

• Mike Evans (TB)
• George Pickens (PIT)
• Tee Higgins (CIN)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Sutton:

• Drake London (ATL)
• Ladd McConkey (LAC)
• Garrett Wilson (NYJ)

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

• Courtland Sutton or Mike Evans: 89% of experts chose Evans
• Courtland Sutton or George Pickens: 85% of experts chose Pickens
• Courtland Sutton or Drake London: 63% of experts chose Sutton
• Courtland Sutton or Ladd McConkey: 89% of experts chose Sutton

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