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

Brock Purdy (QB – SF) | QB10 for Week 16

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Purdy:

• Kyler Murray (ARI)
• Sam Darnold (MIN)
• Jordan Love (GB)

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Purdy:

• Jared Goff (DET)
• Anthony Richardson (IND)
• Tua Tagovailoa (MIA)

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

• Brock Purdy or Kyler Murray: 90% of experts chose Murray
• Brock Purdy or Sam Darnold: 86% of experts chose Darnold
• Brock Purdy or Jared Goff: 62% of experts chose Purdy
• Brock Purdy or Anthony Richardson: 76% of experts chose Purdy

Bucky Irving (RB – TB) | RB15 for Week 16

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Irving:

• Joe Mixon (HOU)
• Rico Dowdle (DAL)
• Jonathan Taylor (IND)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Irving:

• Aaron Jones (MIN)
• Brian Robinson Jr. (WAS)
• Breece Hall (NYJ)

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

• Bucky Irving or Joe Mixon: 88% of experts chose Mixon
• Bucky Irving or Rico Dowdle: 81% of experts chose Dowdle
• Bucky Irving or Aaron Jones: 64% of experts chose Irving
• Bucky Irving or Brian Robinson Jr: 79% of experts chose Irving

Adam Thielen (WR – CAR) | WR33 for Week 16

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Thielen:

• Jerry Jeudy (CLE)
• Keenan Allen (CHI)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Thielen:

• Jayden Reed (GB)
• Jameson Williams (DET)
• Darnell Mooney (ATL)

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

• Adam Thielen or Jerry Jeudy: 60% of experts chose Jeudy
• Adam Thielen or Keenan Allen: 57% of experts chose Allen
• Adam Thielen or Jayden Reed: 74% of experts chose Thielen
• Adam Thielen or Jameson Williams: 81% of experts chose Thielen

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