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

Matthew Stafford (QB – LAR) | QB8 for Week 10

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Stafford:

• Brock Purdy (SF)
• Jayden Daniels (WAS)
• Sam Darnold (MIN)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Stafford:

• Patrick Mahomes (KC)
• Kirk Cousins (ATL)
• Baker Mayfield (TB)

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

• Matthew Stafford or Brock Purdy: 100% of experts chose Purdy
• Matthew Stafford or Jayden Daniels: 100% of experts chose Daniels
• Matthew Stafford or Patrick Mahomes: 74% of experts chose Stafford
• Matthew Stafford or Kirk Cousins: 70% of experts chose Stafford

J.K. Dobbins (RB – LAC) | RB18 for Week 10

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Dobbins:

• Tyrone Tracy Jr. (NYG)
• James Conner (ARI)
• Kareem Hunt (KC)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Dobbins:

• David Montgomery (DET)
• Chuba Hubbard (CAR)
• Najee Harris (PIT)

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

• J.K. Dobbins or Tyrone Tracy Jr: 74% of experts chose Tracy Jr.
• J.K. Dobbins or James Conner: 72% of experts chose Conner
• J.K. Dobbins or David Montgomery: 86% of experts chose Dobbins
• J.K. Dobbins or Chuba Hubbard: 91% of experts chose Dobbins

Hunter Henry (TE – NE) | TE14 for Week 10

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Henry:

• T.J. Hockenson (MIN)
• Jake Ferguson (DAL)
• Sam LaPorta (DET)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Henry:

• Jonnu Smith (MIA)
• Zach Ertz (WAS)
• Cole Kmet (CHI)

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

• Hunter Henry or T.J. Hockenson: 93% of experts chose Hockenson
• Hunter Henry or Jake Ferguson: 79% of experts chose Ferguson
• Hunter Henry or Jonnu Smith: 86% of experts chose Henry
• Hunter Henry or Zach Ertz: 95% of experts chose Henry

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