Start em or sit em? Fantasy football 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 and what the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) advise.

Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice

Jared Goff (QB – DET) | QB11 for Week 1

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Goff:

• Joe Burrow (CIN)
• Jordan Love (GB)
• Jayden Daniels (WAS)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Goff:

• Tua Tagovailoa (MIA)
• Trevor Lawrence (JAX)
• Caleb Williams (CHI)

Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:

• Jared Goff or Tua Tagovailoa: 68% of experts chose Goff
• Jared Goff or Caleb Williams: 80% of experts chose Goff
• Jared Goff or Dak Prescott: 95% of experts chose Goff

Tyler Lockett (WR – SEA) | WR46 for Week 1

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Lockett:

• Brian Thomas Jr. (JAX)
• Joshua Palmer (LAC)
• Rome Odunze (CHI)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Lockett:

• Jordan Addison (MIN)
• Jameson Williams (DET)
• Khalil Shakir (BUF)

Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:

• Tyler Lockett or Khalil Shakir: 69% of experts chose Lockett
• Tyler Lockett or Ladd McConkey: 53% of experts chose Lockett
• Tyler Lockett or Rashid Shaheed: 87% of experts chose Lockett

Drake London (WR – ATL) | WR16/Flex33 for Week 1

Flex Players the ECR has higher than London:

• Chris Olave (WR – NO)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR – ARI)
• Jaylen Waddle (WR – MIA)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than London:

• Deebo Samuel (WR – SF)
• James Conner (RB – ARI)
• Michael Pittman (WR – IND)

Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:

• Drake London or Zamir White: 98% of experts chose London
• Drake London or DK Metcalf: 85% of experts chose London
• Drake London or Javonte Williams: 98% of experts chose Palmer

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