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 fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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Bo Nix was bad in Week 1. There’s no way around it, but I’m not pressing the panic button yet. The Broncos looked rusty all day, with Nix struggling and Sean Payton too deep in his bag for his own good. Nix was the QB27 in fantasy in Week 1 and ranked 31st in yards per attempt, 28th in passer rating, 26th in CPOE, and 28th in catchable target rate. He did have eight carries, but he only managed 18 rushing yards. Indy crushed the Dolphins in Week 1, but I think that says more about the state of the Dolphins than it does about Indy’s defense after one game. They did give up the sixth-lowest yards per attempt, the third-lowest passer rating, and the sixth-lowest CPOE. Indy also had the second-lowest pressure rate, so Nix should have time in the pocket in Week 2 to work through his issues. I think Nix has a bounce-back game in Week 2, but there’s some risk in playing him.
Dak Prescott played well in Week 1, but he was left walking away empty-handed with only 7.8 fantasy points. Thanks to two Javonte Williams short touchdowns, some underthrown seam balls, and his receivers dropping other passes, Prescott’s stat line doesn’t give him the respect he deserves. Prescott had the most yards lost in Week 1 due to drops (61). In Week 1, he was sixth in catchable target rate and third in hero throw rate while ranking seventh in aDOT. Prescott is primed for a better week against the Giants. In Week 1, they gave up the 11th-highest yards per attempt, the 12th-highest passer rating, and the fifth-highest CPOE. This is while their talented defensive line had the eighth-lowest pressure rate.
The Patriots took to the sky in Week 1, running a pass-centric offense. In Week 1, New England ranked second in neutral passing rate (72.2%). The volume helped Drake Maye finish as the QB18 in fantasy, but it was disappointing in the rushing department as he only had four rushing attempts and 11 yards on the ground. This isn’t the rushing upside that we were promised in draft season, but it has only been one game, so we need to chill. As a passer, Maye ranked 19th in yards per attempt, 22nd in passer rating, 13th in highly accurate throw rate, and 15th in catchable target rate. Maye should have a strong week against what looked like a hapless secondary in Week 1. The Dolphins allowed the fourth-highest yards per attempt, sixth-highest passer rating, and the eighth-most passing yards in Week 1 to Daniel Jones.
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