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

Christian Watson (WR – GB) | WR34 for Week 12

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Watson:

• DJ Moore (CHI)
• Jaylen Waddle (MIA)
• Rome Odunze (CHI)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Watson:

• Romeo Doubs (GB)
• Xavier Worthy (KC)
• Keenan Allen (CHI)

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

• Christian Watson or DJ Moore: 95% of experts chose Moore
• Christian Watson or Jaylen Waddle: 77% of experts chose Waddle
• Christian Watson or Romeo Doubs: 61% of experts chose Watson
• Christian Watson or Xavier Worthy: 77% of experts chose Watson

Jayden Reed (WR – GB) | WR20 for Week 12

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Reed:

• Deebo Samuel (SF)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)
• Jauan Jennings (SF)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Reed:

• Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI)
• Calvin Ridley (TEN)
• Jameson Williams (DET)

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

• Jayden Reed or Deebo Samuel: 82% of experts chose Samuel
• Jayden Reed or Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 86% of experts chose Smith-Njigba
• Jayden Reed or Marvin Harrison Jr: 50% of experts chose Reed/50% of experts chose Harrison Jr.
• Jayden Reed or Calvin Ridley: 75% of experts chose Reed

Cam Akers (RB – MIN) | RB32/Flex106 for Week 12

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Akers:

• Demarcus Robinson (WR – LAR)
• Dalton Schultz (TE – HOU)
• Jalen McMillan (WR – TB)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Akers:

• Tre Tucker (WR – LV)
• Justice Hill (RB – BAL)
• Ja’Tavion Sanders (TE – CAR)

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

• Cam Akers or Demarcus Robinson: 85% of experts chose Robinson
• Cam Akers or Dalton Schultz: 73% of experts chose Schultz
• Cam Akers or Tre Tucker: 58% of experts chose Tucker
• Cam Akers or Justice Hill: 70 Akers% of experts chose Reed

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