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
Jared Goff (QB – DET) | QB7 for Week 17
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Goff:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Goff:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Jared Goff or Joe Burrow: 97% of experts chose Burrow
- Jared Goff or Baker Mayfield: 100% of experts chose Mayfield
- Jared Goff or Bo Nix: 51% of experts chose Nix
- Jared Goff or Anthony Richardson: 51% of experts chose Goff
Jerome Ford (RB – CLE) | RB18 for Week 17
Running Backs the ECR has higher than Ford:
Running Backs the ECR has lower than Ford:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Jerome Ford or James Cook: 97% of experts chose Cook
- Jerome Ford or Breece Hall: 100% of experts chose Hall
- Jerome Ford or Rico Dowdle: 64% of experts chose Dowdle
- Jerome Ford or Tony Pollard: 76% of experts chose Ford
Garrett Wilson (WR – NYJ) | WR23 for Week 17
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Wilson:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Wilson:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Garrett Wilson or Drake London: 91% of experts chose London
- Garrett Wilson or Jauan Jennings: 82% of experts chose Jennings
- Garrett Wilson or Deebo Samuel: 91% of experts chose Samuel
- Garrett Wilson or Cooper Kupp: 58% of experts chose Wilson
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