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 5 of fantasy football and what the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) advise.
*Based on Half-PPR Rankings as of Saturday
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Derek Carr (QB – LV): QB9 for Week 5
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Carr:
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Carr:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Derek Carr or Kyler Murray: 92% of experts chose Murray
- Derek Carr or Jared Goff: 94% of experts chose Carr
- Derek Carr or Kirk Cousins: 63% of experts chose Carr
- Derek Carr or Aaron Rodgers: 78% of experts chose Carr
Cam Akers (RB – LAR): RB36 for Week 5
Running backs the ECR has ranked higher than Akers:
Running backs the ECR has ranked lower than Akers:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Cam Akers or Travis Etienne Jr.: 52% of experts chose Etienne
- Cam Akers or Tony Pollard: 63% of experts chose Akers
- Cam Akers or Tyler Allgeier: 85% of experts chose Allgeier
- Cam Akers or Darrell Henderson Jr.: 88% of experts chose Akers
Romeo Doubs (WR – GB): WR32 for Week 5
Wide receivers the ECR has ranked higher than Doubs:
Wide receivers the ECR has ranked lower than Doubs:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Romeo Doubs or Allen Lazard: 52% of experts chose Lazard
- Romeo Doubs or Adam Thielen: 63% of experts chose Doubs
- Romeo Doubs or Gabe Davis: 77% of experts chose Davis
- Romeo Doubs or Garrett Wilson: 81% of experts chose Doubs
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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.
