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

Sam Darnold (QB – MIN) | QB5 for Week 14

Quarterbacks the ECR has higher than Darnold:

• Jalen Hurts (PHI)
• Joe Burrow (CIN)
• Baker Mayfield (TB)

Quarterbacks the ECR has lower than Darnold:

• Kyler Murray (ARI)
• Patrick Mahomes (KC)
• Tua Tagovailoa (MIA)

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

• Sam Darnold or Jalen Hurts: 100% of experts chose Hurts
• Sam Darnold or Joe Burrow: 100% of experts chose Burrow
• Sam Darnold or Kyler Murray: 58% of experts chose Darnold
• Sam Darnold or Patrick Mahomes: 92% of experts chose Darnold

DeAndre Hopkins (WR – KC) | WR34 for Week 14

Wide Receivers the ECR has higher than Hopkins:

• Darnell Mooney (ATL)
• Jordan Addison (MIN)
• DeVonta Smith (PHI)

Wide Receivers the ECR has lower than Hopkins:

• Jaylen Waddle (MIA)
• Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (TEN)
• Amari Cooper (BUF)

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

• DeAndre Hopkins or Darnell Mooney: 79% of experts chose Mooney
• DeAndre Hopkins or Jordan Addison: 74% of experts chose Addison
• DeAndre Hopkins or Jaylen Waddle: 81% of experts chose Hopkins
• DeAndre Hopkins or Nick Westbrook-Ikhine: 93% of experts chose Hopkins

Cade Otton (TE – TB) | TE9/Flex73 for Week 14

Flex Players the ECR has higher than Otton:

• T.J. Hockenson (TE – MIN)
• Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (WR – TEN)
• Amari Cooper (WR – BUF)

Flex Players the ECR has lower than Otton:

• Evan Engram (TE – JAX)
• Elijah Moore (WR – CLE)
• Rome Odunze (WR – CHI)

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

• Cade Otton or T.J. Hockenson: 71% of experts chose Hockenson
• Cade Otton or Nick Westbrook-Ikhine: 68% of experts chose Westbrook-Ikhine
• Cade Otton or Evan Engram: 52% of experts chose Engram
• Cade Otton or Elijah Moore: 55% of experts chose Otton

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