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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Geno Smith is the QB15 in fantasy points per game, but passing volume is propping up some mediocre per-dropback stats. Smith is eighth in passing attempts, fourth in passing yards per game, and tenth in yards per attempt. Among 37 qualifying quarterbacks, he also ranks 23rd in highly accurate throw rate, 31st in catchable target rate, and he has the third-highest off-target rate. Smith could still light up the Bears’ struggling secondary this week despite his shortcomings. Chicago has allowed the seventh-most passing yards per game, the sixth-most yards per attempt, and the third-highest CPOE.
After destroying a clueless Dallas secondary, Caleb Williams is the QB3 in fantasy points per game. Among 37 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 12th in yards per attempt and eighth in passer rating, but his per-dropback metrics STILL aren’t great as he is 23rd in CPOE, 27th in highly accurate throw rate, and 30th in catchable target rate. Hopefully, he pulls those accuracy metrics up as the season moves along. He should have no issues dismantling the Raiders’ secondary, though. Las Vegas has allowed the seventh-highest yards per attempt, the tenth-highest passer rating and passing yards per game, and the fourth-highest CPOE.
Baker Mayfield is the QB11 in fantasy points per game, averaging four rushing attempts and 38.7 rushing yards. He has been in full YOLO mode. Mayfield is second in the passing touchdowns (tied), 13th in passer rating, and ninth in highly accurate throw rate. Ok, those are the good things, now to the bad. Mayfield also ranks 26th in CPOE, 21st in catchable target rate, and fifth in turnover-worthy throw rate. Mayfield could easily pull another rabbit out of his Buccaneers helmet this week and be a QB1 again, but he’ll have an uphill climb to do so. The Eagles have allowed the tenth-fewest yards per attempt, the fifth-lowest passer rating, and the tenth-lowest CPOE.
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