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 played much better in Week 2 as the QB11 in fantasy. There are still some areas that he has to clean up. In Week 1, among 34 qualifying passers, Nix ranked tenth in passer rating, ninth in highly accurate throw rate, and 11th in hero throw rate, but he still had some “Ferris Bueller” moments (as Sean Payton would like to say), ranking 20th in catchable target rate and having the 11th-highest off-target rate. Nix has to clean this up, for the Bolts will make him pay for it this week. Just ask Geno Smith about it. The Chargers have allowed the second-fewest yards per attempt, the lowest passer rating and CPOE, and they have forced the fifth-highest rate of offensive drives ending in a turnover.
Jordan Love is the QB16 in fantasy points per game. This isn’t because Love is playing poorly, quite the opposite. It’s because of how the Packers are running their offense, and that Love ranks 27th in dropbacks. If this offense leaned into their passing game, it would be wheels up, but sadly, this is where we are. Love ranks third in yards per attempt, fourth in passer rating, and fifth in CPOE and fantasy points per dropback. Love should have another highly efficient day in Week 3. Cleveland has allowed the second-most passing touchdowns, the fourth-highest passer rating, and the ninth-highest CPOE.
Trevor Lawrence bounced back from a rough Week 1 as the QB11 in fantasy last week. Among 34 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 25th in yards per attempt, 28th in passer rating, 20th in highly accurate throw rate, and sixth in catchable target rate. He also has the ninth-highest turnover-worthy throw rate. Lawrence is facing a Texans’ pass defense that is still rounding into form. They rank 16th in yards per attempt and 17th in CPOE while allowing the 12th-highest passer rating. Lawrence should have time in the pocket as Houston’s pass rush has sagged ranking 22nd in pressure rate.
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