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

Joshua Dobbs (QB – SF) | QB20 for Week 18

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Dobbs:

• Caleb Williams (CHI)
• Mac Jones (JAX)
• Aidan O’Connell (LV)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Dobbs:

• Drake Maye (NE)
• C.J. Stroud (HOU)
• Mason Rudolph (TEN)

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

• Joshua Dobbs or Caleb Williams: 83% of experts chose Williams
• Joshua Dobbs or Mac Jones: 75% of experts chose Jones
• Joshua Dobbs or Drake Maye: 50% of experts chose Maye/50% of experts chose Dobbs
• Joshua Dobbs or Mason Rudolph: 67% of experts chose Dobbs

Rico Dowdle (RB – DAL) | RB10 for Week 18

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Dowdle:

• De’Von Achane (MIA)
• Aaron Jones (MIN)
• Brian Robinson Jr. (WAS)

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Dowdle:

• Zach Charbonnet (SEA)
• Najee Harris (PIT)
• Breece Hall (NYJ)

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

• Rico Dowdle or De’Von Achane: 92% of experts chose Achane
• Rico Dowdle or Aaron Jones: 85% of experts chose Jones
• Rico Dowdle or Zach Charbonnet: 77% of experts Charbonnet
• Rico Dowdle or Najee Harris: 77% of experts chose Dowdle

Zay Flowers (WR – BAL) | WR13 for Week 18

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Flowers:

• Ladd McConkey (LAC)
• Drake London (ATL)
• Jordan Addison (MIN)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Flowers:

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)
• Tyreek Hill (MIA)
• George Pickens (PIT)

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

• Zay Flowers or Ladd McConkey: 75% of experts chose McConkey
• Zay Flowers or Drake London: 92% of experts chose London
• Zay Flowers or Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 67% of experts chose Flowers
• Zay Flowers or Tyreek Hill: 75% of experts chose Flowers

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