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 for Week 2 of fantasy football and what the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) advise.
*Based on Half-PPR Rankings as of Wednesday
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Cordarrelle Patterson (RB – ATL) RB22 for Week 2
Running Backs the ECR has ranked higher than Patterson:
Running Backs the ECR has ranked lower than Patterson:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Cordarrelle Patterson or Ezekiel Elliott: 53% of experts chose Elliott
- Cordarrelle Patterson or Josh Jacobs: 74% of experts chose Jacobs
- Cordarrelle Patterson or Kareem Hunt: 61% of experts chose Patterson
- Cordarrelle Patterson or Miles Sanders: 83% of experts chose Patterson
Matthew Stafford (QB – LAR) QB10 for Week 2
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Stafford:
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Stafford:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Matthew Stafford or Derek Carr: 83% of experts chose Carr
- Matthew Stafford or Kirk Cousins: 53% of experts chose Stafford
- Matthew Stafford or Tom Brady: 61% of experts chose Stafford
- Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers: 81% of experts chose Stafford
- Matthew Stafford or Joe Burrow: 86% of experts chose Burrow
David Montgomery (RB – CHI) RB24 for Week 2
Running Backs the ECR has ranked higher than David Montgomery:
Running Backs the ECR has ranked lower than David Montgomery:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- David Montgomery or Jeff Wilson Jr.: 84% of experts chose Montgomery
- David Montgomery or Darrell Henderson: 71% of experts chose Henderson
- David Montgomery or Rashaad Penny: 78% of experts chose Montgomery
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If you want to dive deeper into fantasy football, check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Football Tools as you navigate your season. From our Start/Sit Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant, which allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team and how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy football season.


