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
Brock Purdy (QB – SF) | QB4 for Week 5
Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Purdy:
Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Purdy:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Brock Purdy or Joe Burrow: 98% of experts chose Purdy
- Brock Purdy or C.J. Stroud: 91% of experts chose Purdy
- Brock Purdy or Justin Fields: 89% of experts chose Purdy
Kareem Hunt (RB – KC) | RB20 for Week 5
Running Backs the ECR has higher than Hunt:
Running Backs the ECR has lower than Hunt:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Kareem Hunt or Javonte Williams: 80% of experts chose Hunt
- Kareem Hunt or Rico Dowdle: 98% of experts chose Hunt
- Kareem Hunt or Devin Singletary: 67% of experts chose Hunt
Dontayvion Wicks (WR – GB) | WR26 for Week 5
Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Wicks:
Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Wicks:
Some of the most popular Who Should I Start? searches of the week:
- Dontayvion Wicks or Brandon Aiyuk: 100% of experts chose Aiyuk
- Dontayvion Wicks or Diontae Johnson: 100% of experts chose Johnson
- Dontayvion Wicks or Brian Thomas Jr. 71% of experts chose Thomas Jr.
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