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 fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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 fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice: Week 13
Terry McLaurin (WR)
McLaurin is the WR17 in fantasy points per game, ranking fifth in deep targets among wideouts and drawing three red zone targets over his last four games. Since Week 10, Tennessee has utilized two high coverage at the fourth-highest rate (64%). Against two high, McLaurin has had a 19.6% target share, a 41.1% air-yard share, 1.72 YPRR, and a 25.5% first-read share. The efficiency has dipped some against two-high, but McLaurin should still get plenty of volume against a burnable secondary to pay off in Week 13. Since Week 7, Tennessee has allowed the ninth-most receiving yards per game and the 11th-highest PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.
Bucky Irving (RB)
Since Week 7, Irving has been the RB12 in fantasy points per game, averaging 42% of the snaps, 14.4 touches, and 86.6 total yards. He has been an efficiency darling all season, ranking fourth in explosive run rate, third in missed tackles forced per attempt, and third in yards after contact per attempt. Irving should run wild again in Week 13. Since Week 7, Carolina has allowed the second-highest rushing yards per game, the 11th-highest yards after contact per attempt, the fifth-highest yards before contact per attempt, and the highest rushing success rate in the NFL.
Bo Nix (QB)
Since Week 5, Nix has been the QB6 in fantasy points per game. He has been awesome. I won’t be surprised if he swoops in and steals the Offensive Rookie of the Year award away from Jayden Daniels. Since Week 5, among 36 qualifying quarterbacks, Nix ranks fourth in passing touchdowns, seventh in passer rating, sixth in CPOE, and 12th in highly accurate throw rate. He should have another baller game this week. Since Week 7, Cleveland has looked nothing like the pass defense we feared last year, allowing the third-highest yards per attempt, the second-highest passer rating, the fourth-highest CPOE, and the eighth-most passing touchdowns (tied).
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