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 Thursday
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Kirk Cousins (QB – MIN): QB10 for Week 5
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Cousins:
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Cousins:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Kirk Cousins or Trevor Lawrence: 88% of experts chose Cousins
- Kirk Cousins or Jared Goff: 88% of experts chose Cousins
- Kirk Cousins or Derek Carr: 62% of experts chose Carr
- Kirk Cousins or Aaron Rodgers: 62% of experts chose Cousins
- Kirk Cousins or Tom Brady: 92% of experts chose Brady
Tyler Allgeier (RB – ATL): RB32 for Week 5
Running backs the ECR has ranked higher than Allgeier:
Running backs the ECR has ranked lower than Allgeier:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Tyler Allgeier or Raheem Mostert: 76% of experts chose Allgeier
- Tyler Allgeier or Mike Boone: 96% of experts chose Allgeier
- Tyler Allgeier or Antonio Gibson: 72% of experts chose Gibson
- Tyler Allgeier or Kareem Hunt: 92% of experts chose Hunt
- Tyler Allgeier or Nyheim Hines: 56% of experts chose Allgeier
Gerald Everett (TE – LAC): TE12 for Week 5
Tight ends the ECR has ranked higher than Everett:
Tight ends the ECR has ranked lower than Everett:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Gerald Everett or George Kittle: 76% of experts chose Kittle
- Gerald Everett or Darren Waller: 96% of experts chose Waller
- Gerald Everett or David Njoku: 56% of experts chose Njoku
- Gerald Everett or Tyler Conklin: 84% of experts chose Everett
- Gerald Everett or Pat Freiermuth: 80% 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.
