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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After Rhamondre Stevenson‘s two fumbles last week, TreVeyon Henderson is expected to assume a bigger role this week. Stevenson fumbled once in the first quarter and then again to open the third quarter. After he put the ball on the ground the second time, Henderson played 72.2% of the snaps with a 63.6% route share (12.5% target share). Last week, he finished with 14 touches and 47 total yards. Henderson hasn’t been amazing on a per-touch basis this season, with zero explosive runs, a 5% missed tackle rate, and only 1.42 yards after contact per attempt, but the Panthers should help those stats this week. Carolina has allowed the eighth-most rushing yards per game, the ninth-highest explosive run rate, and the third-most yards after contact per attempt.
Nick Chubb is the RB30 in fantasy points per game, averaging 13 touches and 57.3 total yards. He has averaged a 50.6% snap rate, 52.3% of the rushing volume, and a 28% route share. He has posted a solid 18% missed tackle rate but only 1.53 yards after contact per attempt. The Texans’ offensive line has done its part on the ground to this point, ranking 11th in yards before contact per attempt, but at this stage of his career, Chubb is more of a “get what’s blocked” type of back. This is a good matchup for Chubb to turn back the clock ever so slightly and look like his former self. Even if for just one week. The Titans have allowed the fourth-highest explosive run rate, the eighth-highest missed tackle rate, and the fourth-most rushing yards per game.
In only his second NFL game, Quinshon Judkins took over the Cleveland backfield. Last week, he played 58% of the snaps, finishing with 19 touches and 95 total yards, finishing as the RB11 for the week. He handled 18 of 19 running back carries and had a 31.6% route share. Jerome Ford took most of the remaining passing-down reps as Dylan Sampson played only four snaps. Among 48 qualifying backs, Judkins ranks ninth in explosive run rate, 11th in missed tackles forced per attempt, and sixth in yards after contact per attempt. He should flirt with 16-20 touches in this game, but he’ll need the volume in a brutal matchup. Detroit has the ninth-best stuff rate while allowing the fourth-lowest missed tackle rate and the sixth-lowest yards after contact per attempt.
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