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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Well, apparently, the Ben Johnson hangover for Jared Goff and the Lions’ offense lasted one game. Goff put up 34 fantasy points in Week 2. Among 34 qualifying passers, he ranks seventh in yards per attempt and CPOE, ninth in highly accurate throw rate, and fourth in catchable target rate. The Ravens should allow Goff to flourish again in Week 3. After two games, Baltimore has allowed the second-most passing yards per game and the 11th-highest CPOE while ranking 16th in passer rating. The Ravens have generated the fourth-lowest pressure rate, so Goff should have all day in the pocket to dice up the secondary.
Jake Browning might be the Bengals’ starting quarterback for the rest of the season. Last week, he finished as the QB14 in fantasy. This season, among 34 qualifying passers, he ranks 13th in yards per attempt and 14th in highly accurate throw rate, but that’s where the good news stops. He has the highest turnover-worthy throw rate while ranking 33rd in catchable target rate and sporting the highest off-target rate. Browning has some Jameis Winston to his game. It’ll likely be better for fantasy purposes than for real-life football. In 2023, when he was the starter, he was the QB7 in fantasy points per game with five QB1 performances (QB4, QB4, QB8, QB8, QB9) in weekly scoring. The Bengals didn’t back off the throttle from passing heavily with Browning as they ranked 11th in neutral passing rate (61.5%) during that stretch. In 2023, among 39 qualifying quarterbacks, Browning was fifth in yards per attempt, seventh in passer rating, ninth in highly accurate throw rate, fifth in catchable target rate, and 13th in CPOE. He didn’t stretch the field much with the lowest aDOT (6.4) and third-lowest deep throw rate (7.8%). Browning has a tough test this week. Minnesota has allowed the ninth-fewest yards per attempt, the 14th-lowest passer rating, and the fifth-lowest CPOE. Brian Flores will bring the heat as the Vikes rank eighth in pressure rate and fifth in blitz rate. Good luck, Browning. Good luck. Passing volume should be on his side at least to rack up some stats.
Ok, Russell Wilson…I’m sorry. After Week 1, I doubted him and didn’t think he could even finish the game in Week 2 after his dreadful opening weekend. Mr. Unlimited shoved that thought right in my face. Wilson finished Week 2 as the QB2 in fantasy. Wilson still has some warts in his per-dropback metrics. While he ranks eighth in yards per attempt, 13th in passer rating, seventh in deep ball rate, and 11th in CPOE, Wilson also sits at 29th in highly accurate throw rate and 24th in catchable target rate. Wilson will have some more moments this season for as long as he keeps the starting job. This week could be another one against what has been an underachieving Chiefs pass defense. Kansas City has allowed the eighth-highest yards per attempt, the sixth-highest passer rating, and the third-highest CPOE.
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