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 Wednesday
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Russell Wilson (QB – DEN): QB11 for Week 5
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Wilson:
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Wilson:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Russell Wilson or Trevor Lawrence: 64% of experts chose Wilson
- Russell Wilson or Derek Carr: 82% of experts chose Carr
- Russell Wilson or Geno Smith: 95% of experts chose Wilson
- Russell Wilson or Kirk Cousins: 82% of experts chose Cousins
- Russell Wilson or Aaron Rodgers: 55% of experts chose Wilson
Melvin Gordon (RB – DEN): RB23 for Week 5
Running backs the ECR likes more than Gordon:
Running backs the ECR likes less than Gordon:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Melvin Gordon or J.K. Dobbins: 68% of experts chose Dobbins
- Melvin Gordon or Rhamondre Stevenson: 52% of experts chose Gordon
- Melvin Gordon or A.J. Dillon: 61% of experts chose Gordon
- Melvin Gordon or Damien Harris: 74% of experts chose Harris
Mike Boone (RB – DEN): RB44 for Week 5
Running backs the ECR likes more than Boone:
Running backs the ECR likes less than Boone:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Mike Boone or Tyler Allgeier: 96% of experts chose Boone
- Mike Boone or Melvin Gordon: 96% of experts chose Gordon
- Mike Boone or Rachaad White: 65% of experts chose White
- Mike Boone or Rex Burkhead: 57% of experts chose Boone
- Mike Boone or Kenneth Gainwell: 78% of experts chose Boone
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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.