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

Jameis Winston (QB – CLE) | QB17 for Week 14

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Winston:

• Caleb Williams (CHI)
• Will Levis (TEN)
• Geno Smith (SEA)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Winston:

• Matthew Stafford (LAR)
• Cooper Rush (DAL)
• Aidan O’Connell (LV)

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

• Jameis Winston or Caleb Williams: 84% of experts chose Williams
• Jameis Winston or Will Levis: 82% of experts chose Levis
• Jameis Winston or Matthew Stafford: 53% of experts chose Winston
• Jameis Winston or Cooper Rush: 92% of experts chose Winston

Gus Edwards (RB – LAC) | RB27 for Week 14

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Edwards:

• Travis Etienne (JAX)
• Nick Chubb (CLE)
• Jaylen Warren (PIT)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Edwards:

• Tank Bigsby (JAX)
• Kareem Hunt (KC)
• Ameer Abdullah (LV)

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

• Gus Edwards or Travis Etienne: 98% of experts chose Etienne
• Gus Edwards or Nick Chubb: 100% of experts chose Chubb
• Gus Edwards or Tank Bigsby: 64% of experts chose Edwards
• Gus Edwards or Kareem Hunt: 76% of experts chose Edwards

Will Dissly (TE – LAC) | TE12 for Week 14

Tight Ends the ECR has higher than Dissly:

• T.J. Hockenson (MIN)
• Cade Otton (TB)
• Evan Engram (JAX)

Tight Ends the ECR has lower than Dissly:

• Pat Freiermuth (PIT)
• Kyle Pitts (ATL)
• Juwan Johnson (NO)

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

• Will Dissly or T.J. Hockenson: 100% of experts chose Hockenson
• Will Dissly or Cade Otton: 95% of experts chose Otton
• Will Dissly or Pat Freiermuth: 93% of experts chose Dissly
• Will Dissly or Kyle Pitts: 95% of experts chose Dissly

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