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

Jaylen Waddle (WR – MIA) | WR13 for Week 2

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Waddle:

• Rashee Rice (WR – KC)
• Nico Collins (WR – HOU)
• Deebo Samuel (WR – SF)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Waddle:

• Brandon Aiyuk (WR – SF)
• Malik Nabers (WR – NYG)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR – ARI)

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

• Jaylen Waddle or Nico Collins: 85% of experts chose Collins
• Jaylen Waddle or Brandon Aiyuk: 92% of experts chose Waddle
• Jaylen Waddle or Deebo Samuel: 66% of experts chose Samuel

Tua Tagovailoa (QB – MIA) | QB10 for Week 2

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Tagovailoa:

• Jayden Daniels (QB – WAS)
• C.J. Stroud (QB – HOU)
• Jared Goff (QB – DET)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Tagovailoa:

• Dak Prescott (QB – DAL)
• Brock Purdy (QB – SF)
• Matthew Stafford (QB – LAR)

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

• Tua Tagovailoa or Baker Mayfield: 86% of experts chose Tagovailoa
• Tua Tagovailoa or Brock Purdy: 71% of experts chose Tagovailoa
• Tua Tagovailoa or Jared Goff: 77% of experts chose Goff

Khalil Shakir (WR – BUF) | WR40 for Week 2

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Shakir:

• Calvin Ridley (WR – TEN)
• Ladd McConkey (WR – LAC)
• Diontae Johnson (WR – CAR)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Shakir:

• Rashid Shaheed (WR – NO)
• Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN)
• Brandin Cooks (WR – DAL)

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

• Khalil Shakir or Diontae Johnson: 54% of experts chose Shakir
• Khalil Shakir or Rashid Shaheed: 74% of experts chose Shakir
• Khalil Shakir or Ladd McConkey: 69% of experts chose McConkey

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