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) | RB9 for Week 16

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Hubbard:

• Chase Brown (CIN)
• De’Von Achane (MIA)
• Derrick Henry (BAL)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Hubbard:

• Kyren Williams (LAR)
• James Cook (BUF)
• Joe Mixon (HOU)

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

• Chuba Hubbard or Chase Brown: 98% of experts chose Brown
• Chuba Hubbard or De’Von Achane: 81% of experts chose Achane
• Chuba Hubbard or Kyren Williams: 52% of experts chose Williams
• Chuba Hubbard or James Cook: 86% of experts chose Hubbard

Jayden Reed (WR – GB) | WR34 for Week 16

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Reed:

• Keenan Allen (CHI)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI)
• Adam Thielen (CAR)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Reed:

• Jameson Williams (DET)
• Darnell Mooney (ATL)
• Deebo Samuel (SF)

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

• Jayden Reed or Keenan Allen: 76% of experts chose Allen
• Jayden Reed or Marvin Harrison Jr: 93% of experts chose Harrison
• Jayden Reed or Jameson Williams: 62% of experts chose Reed
• Jayden Reed or Darnell Mooney: 71% of experts chose Reed

Brenton Strange (TE – JAX) | TE9 for Week 16

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Strange:

• Travis Kelce (KC)
• T.J. Hockenson (MIN)
• Mark Andrews (BAL)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Strange:

• Hunter Henry (NE)
• Pat Freiermuth (PIT)
• Tucker Kraft (GB)

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

• Brenton Strange or Travis Kelce: 93% of experts chose Kelce
• Brenton Strange or T.J. Hockenson: 95% of experts chose Hockenson
• Brenton Strange or Hunter Henry: 67% of experts chose Strange
• Brenton Strange or Pat Freiermuth: 67% of experts chose Strange

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