Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em: Sam Darnold, Ray Davis, Jakobi Meyers (2025)

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

Sam Darnold (QB – MIN) | QB5 for Week 18

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Darnold:

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Darnold:

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

Ray Davis (RB – BUF) | RB17 for Week 18

Running Backs the ECR has higher than Davis:

Running Backs the ECR has lower than Davis:

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

Jakobi Meyers (WR – LV) | W23 for Week 18

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Meyers:

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Meyers:

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

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