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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Jared Goff had a rough opening to the season as the QB21 in fantasy. He ranked 21st in yards per attempt, 18th in passer rating, 17th in CPOE, and 26th in fantasy points per dropback. The Detroit offense looked out of sorts to open the season, with its offensive line having the 13th-lowest pass blocking grade for the week. Goff has been pressure sensitive for much of his career. We’ll see if he and the offense can bounce back in Week 2 as he squares off against his former offensive coordinator’s team. The Bears offer a nice matchup this week for Goff to let off some steam. In Week 1, once J.J. McCarthy settled in, he shredded this pass defense as they allowed the fourth-highest CPOE and the 12th-highest passer rating and yards per attempt. Chicago had the fourth-lowest pressure rate of Week 1, so Goff should have more time to work in Week 2.
Well, Daniel Jones was the QB2 in fantasy in Week 1. He ripped the pitiful Dolphins apart. He added 26 rushing yards and two scores on the ground (seven carries) to a solid passing day. Jones ranked fourth in yards per attempt, sixth in passer rating, 11th in highly accurate throw rate, and third in catchable target rate. He faced the third-lowest pressure rate in Week 1 despite Miami blitzing (51.5%) at the highest rate in the NFL. That says more about the Miami pass rush than the Indy offensive line at this point. We’ll see if Jones can keep it up this week against one of the best defenses in the NFL. This week is a huge litmus test for Jones. Last week, Denver allowed the fewest yards per attempt, the second-lowest passer rating, and the second-lowest CPOE. Denver ranked ninth in pressure rate and 13th in blitz rate.
Aaron Rodgers turned back the clock in Week 1. He finished as the QB7 after their unlikely shootout game against the Jets. He ranked ninth in yards per attempt, second in passer rating, and 14th in CPOE. His deeper accuracy metrics don’t paint as pretty a picture as he was also 16th in highly accurate throw rate and 22nd in catchable target rate. Rodgers could keep up the solid production in Week 2 against what looks like a middle-of-the-road Seattle pass defense. In Week 1, Seattle allowed the tenth-most yards per attempt and sixth-highest success rate per dropback while also ranking 18th in CPOE and 17th in pressure rate. Rodgers is a decent QB2 with some upside.
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