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
Baker Mayfield (QB – TB) | QB16 for Week 6
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Mayfield:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Mayfield:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff: 82% of experts chose Mayfield
- Baker Mayfield or Trevor Lawrence: 100% of experts chose Mayfield
- Baker Mayfield or Daniel Jones: 58% of experts chose Jones
Trey Sermon (RB – IND) | RB27 for Week 6
Running Backs the ECR has higher than Sermon:
Running Backs the ECR has lower Sermon:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Trey Sermon or Tyrone Tracy Jr: 64% of experts chose Bigsby
- Trey Sermon or Tank Bigsby: 60% of experts chose Tracy
- Trey Sermon or Alexander Mattison: 74% of experts chose Sermon
Josh Downs (WR – IND) | WR31 for Week 6
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Downs:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Downs:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Josh Downs or Wan’Dale Robinson: 66% of experts chose Robinson
- Josh Downs or Tank Dell: 74% of experts chose Dell
- Josh Downs or Rashid Shaheed: 55% of experts chose Shaheed
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