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

Cedric Tillman (WR – CLE) | WR22/Flex49 for Week 11

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Tillman:

• DeAndre Hopkins (WR – KC)
• Calvin Ridley (WR – TEN)
• Najee Harris (RB – PIT)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Tillman:

• Ladd McConkey (WR – LAC)
• Jauan Jennings (WR – SF)
• Khalil Shakir (WR – BUF)

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

• Cedric Tillman or DeAndre Hopkins: 58% of experts chose Hopkins
• Cedric Tillman or Calvin Ridley: 53% of experts chose Ridley
• Cedric Tillman or Ladd McConkey: 70% of experts chose Tillman
• Cedric Tillman or Jauan Jennings: 70% of experts chose Tillman

Josh Downs (WR – IND) | WR31/Flex61 for Week 11

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Downs:

• Tank Dell (WR – HOU)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – SEA)
• Travis Etienne (RB – JAX)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Downs:

• Jameson Williams (WR – DET)
• David Njoku (TE – CLE)
• Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – JAX)

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

• Josh Downs or Tank Dell: 58% of experts chose Dell
• Josh Downs or Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 53% of experts chose Downs
• Josh Downs or Jameson Williams: 74% of experts chose Downs
• Josh Downs or David Njoku: 73% of experts chose Downs

David Njoku (TE – CLE) | TE4/Flex63 for Week 11

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Njoku:

• Travis Etienne (RB – JAX)
• Josh Downs (WR – IND)
• Jameson Williams (WR – DET)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Njoku:

• Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – JAX)
• Jaylen Waddle (WR – MIA)
• Audric Estime (RB – DEN)

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

• David Njoku or Travis Etienne: 78% of experts chose Etienne
• David Njoku or Josh Downs: 73% of experts chose Downs
• David Njoku or Brian Thomas Jr: 50% of experts chose Njoku/50% of experts chose Thomas Jr.
• David Njoku or Jaylen Waddle: 63% of experts chose Njoku

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