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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Javonte Williams is the RB6 in fantasy points per game while averaging 18.6 touches and 95.4 total yards per game. He ranks tenth in snap share, eighth in opportunity share, and 19th in red zone touches. Among 48 qualifying backs, he ranks tenth in explosive run rate and eighth in yards after contact per attempt. Dallas has done a good job of opening up holes for him ranking eighth-best in yards before contact per attempt. Williams will have his work cut out for him this week. Green Bay has been a brick wall for opposing backs giving up the third-fewest rushing yards per game and yards after contact per attempt while having the sixth-highest stuff rate. There’s an avenue for Williams to walk away with a good game if Dallas leans into their gap run game. Williams has the sixth-best yards per carry and the second-best success rate with gap runs. Green Bay has allowed the seventh-highest missed tackle rate and the ninth-highest yards per carry to gap runs. Dallas should lean on Williams this week.
Daniel Jones continues to defy preseason expectations as the QB4 in fantasy points per game. He is fourth in yards per attempt, sixth in passer rating, tenth in catchable target rate, and 11th in hero throw rate. In addition to his passing stats, he has kicked in 5.7 rushing attempts and 18.3 rushing yards per game (three scores) on the ground. Jones is still in starting consideration this week despite a tough defensive matchup. The Rams have allowed the tenth-fewest passing yards per game, the eighth-lowest CPOE, and the tenth-lowest success rate per dropback. Jalen Hurts displayed last week that this pass defense isn’t without its faults, though. Jones has the skill players around him to succeed.
Mark Andrews had a big bounce-back game last week. After that one monster performance, he is the TE12 in fantasy points per game. He has three red zone targets over the last two games. Andrews has a 69.9% route share, a 13.2% target share, 32.7 receiving yards per game (1.51 yards per route run), and an 18.5% first-read share. The Chiefs have the second-highest two-high rate in the NFL (71.2%). Against two high, Andrews has a 14.3% target share and a 21.1% first-read share. The Chiefs have faced the second-fewest targets to tight ends this season, but they have allowed the fourth-highest yards per reception to the position. Last season, they gave up the sixth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
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