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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As the QB20 in fantasy points per game, Kyler Murray hasn’t managed a QB1 performance this season. Murray ranks 19th in yards per attempt, 13th in CPOE, 21st in catchable target rate, and 17th in fantasy points per dropback. He is also ninth in rushing yards per game and 14th in rushing attempts per game among quarterbacks. Murray doesn’t have any rushing scores yet despite having two red zone rushing attempts. Murray could log his first QB1 performance of the season this week. The 49ers’ pass defense isn’t terrifying. They rank 15th in success rate per dropback while giving up the 13th-highest CPOE and 11th-highest passer rating. Murray should have time in the pocket this week against a defense that ranks 17th in pressure rate.
Kenneth Walker saw his snap share drop from Week 1 to Week 2 (40% to 35%), but he was more productive with his volume. He finished with 14 touches with the 23 snaps he played with 118 total yards as the RB5 for the week. Walker had three red zone rushing attempts while Zach Charbonnet had two. His rushing efficiency has still been outstanding. Among 35 qualifying backs, Walker ranks second in explosive run rate, sixth in missed tackles forced per attempt, and 13th in yards after contact per attempt. I wouldn’t be shocked if Walker saw his usage increase in the coming weeks if he continues to outplay Charbonnet. This week’s matchup offers another low-key opportunity for Walker to break off some big plays. The Saints are 16th in rushing yards per game allowed while also giving up the third-highest missed tackle rate and the 11th-most yards after contact per attempt.
Jake Ferguson is the TE7 in fantasy, absorbing a 20.9% target share and 25.4% first-read share while producing 1.46 yards per route run and 50.5 receiving yards per game. He’ll face a pass defense that has utilized the fifth-highest rate of two high (62.3%). Against two high, Ferguson has seen his target share increase to 23.8% with 2.16 yards per route run and a 33.3% first-read share. He should be busy in Week 3 as Dak Prescott‘s second option in the passing attack. Chicago is 18th in fantasy points per game allowed to tight ends.
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