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

Chuba Hubbard (RB – CAR) | RB23 for Week 9

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Hubbard:

• Brian Robinson Jr. (WAS)
• Chase Brown (CIN)
• J.K. Dobbins (LAC)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Hubbard:

• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)
• Nick Chubb (CLE)
• Alexander Mattison (LV)

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

• Chuba Hubbard or Brian Robinson Jr: 70% of experts chose Robinson Jr.
• Chuba Hubbard or Chase Brown: 57% of experts chose Brown
• Chuba Hubbard or Rhamondre Stevenson: 74% of experts chose Hubbard
• Chuba Hubbard or Nick Chubb: 93% of experts chose Hubbard

Jayden Reed (WR – GB) | WR18 for Week 9

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Reed:

• DeVonta Smith (PHI)
• DJ Moore (CHI)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Reed:

• Josh Downs (IND)
• Zay Flowers (BAL)
• Darnell Mooney (ATL)

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

• Jayden Reed or DeVonta Smith: 78% of experts chose Smith
• Jayden Reed or DJ Moore: 65% of experts chose Moore
• Jayden Reed or Josh Downs: 52% of experts chose Reed
• Jayden Reed or Zay Flowers: 63% of experts chose Reed

Bucky Irving (RB – TB) | RB29/Flex64 for Week 9

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Irving:

• Rachaad White (RB – TB)
• Xavier Worthy (WR – KC)
• Michael Pittman Jr. (WR – IND)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Irving:

• Evan Engram (TE – JAX)
• Javonte Williams (RB – DEN)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – SEA)

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

• Bucky Irving or Rachaad White: 70% of experts chose White
• Bucky Irving or Xavier Worthy: 56% of experts chose Worthy
• Bucky Irving or Evan Engram: 53% of experts chose Irving
• Bucky Irving or Javonte Williams: 57% of experts chose Irving

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