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 9 of fantasy football and what the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) advise.
*Based on Half-PPR Rankings as of Friday
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Tom Brady (QB – TB): QB12 for Week 9
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Brady:
Quarterbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Brady:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Tom Brady or Geno Smith: 93% of experts chose Smith
- Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers: 64% of experts chose Brady
- Tom Brady or Justin Fields: 89% of experts chose Fields
- Tom Brady or Trevor Lawrence: 89% of experts chose Brady
Khalil Herbert (RB – CHI): RB22 for Week 9
Runningbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Herbert:
Runningbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Herbert:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Khalil Herbert 0r Devin Singletary: 80% of experts chose Singletary
- Khalil Herbert or Michael Carter: 60% of experts chose Carter
- Khalil Herbert or David Montgomery: 83% of experts chose Montgomery
- Khalil Herbert 0r Antonio Gibson: 73% of experts chose Herbert
Jamaal Williams (RB – DET): RB18 for Week 9
Runningbacks the ECR has ranked higher than Williams:
Runningbacks the ECR has ranked lower than Williams:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Jamaal Williams or D’Onta Foreman: 93% of experts chose Foreman
- Jamaal Williams or Devin Singletary: 67% of experts chose Williams
- Jamaal Williams or D’Andre Swift: 77% of experts chose Swift
- Jamaal Williams or David Montgomery: 93% of experts chose Williams
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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.