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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Last week, with Kendre Miller hurt and lost for the rest of the season, Alvin Kamara played 84% of the snaps with 14 touches and 29 total yards. Kamara’s per-touch numbers have sagged with only a 14% missed tackle rate and 1.64 yards after contact per attempt. He hasn’t scored a touchdown since Week 1, and I don’t think this is the matchup where he breaks the streak. Tampa Bay has allowed the 11th-fewest rushing yards per game, the tenth-lowest missed tackle rate, and the second-fewest yards after contact per attempt. Jahmyr Gibbs ripped Tampa Bay’s run defense last week, but Kamara isn’t Gibbs, and he doesn’t have the Detroit offensive line to run behind.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt is the RB32 in fantasy points per game. Since Week 5, he has averaged 16 touches and 83.3 total yards. Across the last three games, his offensive line and game scripts haven’t done him any favors. Since Week 5, Washington’s offensive line has generated the seventh-fewest adjusted yards before contact per attempt. Among 57 qualifying backs, Bill still ranks tenth in explosive run rate and eighth in yards after contact per attempt. Bill appears headed for another down day in Week 8. Kansas City has allowed the 11th-lowest yards after contact per attempt and explosive run rate, and the fifth-lowest missed tackle rate.
Marcus Mariota will be under center for Washington this week. In his two starts this season, he finished as the QB6 and QB17 in weekly scoring. He averaged 30 rushing yards with a rushing score. Among 41 qualifying passers, with his rushing equity, Mariota ranks second in fantasy points per dropback, but he’s also 14th in yards per attempt, 27th in highly accurate throw rate, and dead last in catchable target rate. Mariota might outpace my expectations this week in a high-scoring game environment and with Washington likely trailing, but it won’t be an easy week for him. Kansas City has allowed the 11th-fewest yards per attempt, the third-fewest passing yards per game, the second-fewest passing touchdowns, and they rank 15th in success rate per dropback.
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