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 Friday
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Jared Goff (QB – DET): QB15 for Week 5
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Goff:
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Goff:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Jared Goff or Jalen Hurts: 100% of experts chose Hurts
- Jared Goff or Matthew Stafford: 53% of experts chose Stafford
- Jared Goff or Geno Smith: 74% of experts chose Goff
- Jared Goff or Teddy Bridgewater: 72% of experts chose Goff
George Pickens (WR – PIT): WR43 for Week 5
Wide receivers the ECR has ranked higher than Pickens:
Wide receivers the ECR has ranked lower than Pickens:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- George Pickens or Tyler Boyd: 62% of experts chose Boyd
- George Pickens or Corey Davis: 64% of experts chose Pickens
- George Pickens or Darnell Mooney: 72% of experts chose Mooney
- George Pickens or Allen Robinson II: 77% of experts chose Pickens
Tyler Conklin (TE – NYJ): TE13 for Week 5
Tight ends the ECR has ranked higher than Conklin:
Tight ends the ECR has ranked lower than Conklin:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Tyler Conklin or David Njoku: 96% of experts chose Njoku
- Tyler Conklin or Dawson Knox: 76% of experts chose Conklin
- Tyler Conklin or Robert Tonyan: 92% of experts chose Conklin
- Tyler Conklin or Pat Freiermuth: 94% of experts chose Freiermuth
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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.