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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Bo Nix has been volatile this season as the QB20 in fantasy points per game. He has two QB1 finishes (QB11, QB5) and two weekly finishes outside the top 15 fantasy quarterbacks (QB27, QB19). His per-dropback metrics are ghastly. Among 38 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 26th in yards per attempt, 32nd in CPOE, 21st in highly accurate throw rate, 27th in catchable target rate, and he has the 11th-highest turnover-worthy throw rate. He’s likely headed toward another down week. Philly has allowed the eighth-fewest yards per attempt, the seventh-lowest passer rating, and the fifth-lowest CPOE and success rate per dropback.
With Trey Benson headed to the IR, Michael Carter looks to take over the early down portion of a committee approach in Arizona. Last week, Carter played only four snaps, had one rushing attempt, and ran two routes. Last year, to close the season (Weeks 17-18), he drew two starts, averaging 18 touches and 70 total yards with a 13% missed tackle rate and 1.67 yards after contact per attempt. In those two games, he finished as the RB20 and RB11 in weekly scoring. Emari Demercado will factor into this backfield equation, but if Carter is the early down hammer, he should have a strong day against a porous Titans’ run defense. Tennessee has allowed the fifth-most rushing yards per game, the fourth-highest explosive run rate, and the 13th-highest yards after contact per attempt.
Jaxson Dart led the Giants to a surprising win in Week 4 and finished as the QB10 in fantasy football. Dart finished with only 111 passing yards and 5.5 yards per attempt, but he should have had another passing touchdown (Wan’Dale Robinson dropped one in the end zone). The scintillating fantasy sauce for Dart is his rushing upside. He had ten carries for 54 yards and a score on the ground. Dart should have another wonderful fantasy day in Week 5. The Saints can’t stop anyone through the air, giving up the sixth-highest yards per attempt, the third-most passing touchdowns, and the seventh-highest CPOE. Dart should have all day in the pocket against a defense that has the second-lowest pressure rate in the NFL.
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