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 fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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 fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice
Justin Herbert (QB)
Since Week 8, Herbert has been the QB12 in fantasy points per game (minimum three starts). During this stretch, among 36 qualifying quarterbacks, Herbert has ranked eighth in yards per attempt, 13th in passer rating and CPOE, and seventh in highly accurate throw rate. Herbert should find success this week against a recently leaky Chiefs’ pass defense. Since Week 8, Kansas City has allowed the eighth-most passing touchdowns (tied), the ninth-highest CPOE, and the 12th-highest success rate per dropback.
Cade Otton (TE)
Otton is the TE7 in fantasy points per game, ranking third at the position in red zone targets. Since Mike Evans‘ return, though, it hasn’t been pretty with back-to-back TE28 weekly finishes. He has had two red zone targets over the last two games. Since Week 12, he’s had a 15.6% target share, 25 receiving yards per game (1.02 YPRR), and a 10.4% first-read share. The good thing for Otton is that he has a wonderful matchup this week and could be headed for a bounce-back game. The Raiders have allowed the second-most receiving yards per game, the tenth-highest yards per reception, and the third-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Jauan Jennings (WR)
Since Week 10, Jennings has been the WR23 in fantasy with a 28.8% target share, a 37.6% air-yard share, 2.48 YPRR, and a 36.3% first-read share. Across his last four games, he has five red zone targets. Chicago has the fifth-highest singe-high rate (60.2%). Since Week 10, against single-high, Jennings has had a 28.3% target share, 2.10 YPRR, and a 31.8% first-read share. He should lead the way for San Francisco through the air this week. Since Week 8, Chicago has ranked 15th in receiving yards per game allowed to perimeter wide receivers while also giving up the fifth-most PPR points per target.
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