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

Bo Nix (QB – DEN) | QB8 for Week 17

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Nix:

• Baker Mayfield (TB)
• Sam Darnold (MIN)
• Jared Goff (DET)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Nix:

• Anthony Richardson (IND)
• Brock Purdy (SF)
• Kyler Murray (ARI)

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

• Bo Nix or Baker Mayfield: 97% of experts chose Mayfield
• Bo Nix or Sam Darnold: 85% of experts chose Darnold
• Bo Nix or Anthony Richardson: 51% of experts chose Nix
• Bo Nix or Brock Purdy: 74% of experts chose Nix

Tyjae Spears (RB – TEN) | RB25 for Week 17

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Spears:

• Tyrone Tracy Jr. (NYG)
• Rachaad White (TB)
• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Spears:

• Alexander Mattison (LV)
• Kendre Miller (NO)
• Travis Etienne (JAX)

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

• Tyjae Spears or Tyrone Tracy Jr: 97% of experts chose Tracy Jr.
• Tyjae Spears or Rachaad White: 94% of experts chose White
• Tyjae Spears or Alexander Mattison: 82% of experts chose Mattison
• Tyjae Spears or Kendre Miller: 73% of experts chose Miller
• Tyjae Spears or Tony Pollard: 97% of experts chose Pollard

Jalen McMillan (WR – TB) | WR38 for Week 17

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than McMillan:

• Jayden Reed (GB)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI)
• Darnell Mooney (ATL)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than McMillan:

• Josh Downs (IND)
• Romeo Doubs (GB)
• Jerry Jeudy (CLE)

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

• Jalen McMillan or Jayden Reed: 91% of experts chose Reed
• Jalen McMillan or Marvin Harrison Jr: 79% of experts chose Harrison Jr.
• Jalen McMillan or Josh Downs: 61% of experts chose Downs
• Jalen McMillan or Romeo Doubs: 58% of experts chose McMillan

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