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 dive into our start/sit lineup advice and outlook for a few of the top fantasy football waiver wire pickups of the week.
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Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice
Bryce Young is the preferred streaming option at quarterback this week, thanks to a matchup against a Cowboys pass defense capable of making average quarterbacks look like Tom Brady. Young might not even qualify as average, however. He’s averaging 5.4 yards per pass attempt and has topped 200 passing yards in only one of his five games this season. But Young has a Week 6 date with a Dallas defense that’s being torched for 304 passing yards per game this season. The Cowboys have allowed 12 touchdown passes and are yielding 8.4 yards per pass attempt. Young’s matchup against the Jets in Week 7 isn’t a bad one either.
Mason Taylor finally had the breakout game I’d been waiting for in Week 4. He followed it up with a monster outing in Week 5. In Week 4, Taylor was the TE11 in fantasy, soaking up a 25.9% target share with 65 receiving yards (2.50 yards per route run) and a 33.3% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 5 against Dallas, he had a 26% target share with nine receptions and 67 receiving yards. He led the Jets in targets, cementing his status as the team’s clear No. 2 option in the passing game behind Garrett Wilson. Taylor offers TE1 plug-and-play value. Yes, this week’s matchup against Denver is tough, but he follows that up with cakewalks against Carolina and Cincinnati before the Jets’ bye week. If you are dealing with some frustrating veteran such as T.J. Hockenson or Mark Andrews at tight end, you should be rostering Taylor. He could be a more consistent volume earner and producer moving forward.
Theo Johnson has scored three touchdowns over his last two games. Will he keep up that pace the rest of the season? Of course not, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be a strong streaming option at tight end moving forward. Over the last two weeks, Johnson has had a 20% target share while averaging 4.5 receptions and 20 receiving yards. His role in this offense is growing, and his rapport with Jaxson Dart looks good.
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