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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Kendre Miller is a viable flex this week. Last week, he saw a season-high 31.3% snap rate with 11 carries and 65 total yards. In limited action, he has looked good with a 36% missed tackle rate. He has been involved in the Saints’ red zone rushing offense with five carries inside the red zone (Kamara has seven). Miller could flirt with double-digit touches this week, and with a nice matchup on the ground, if he gets in the endzone, he could be a top 24 back this week. New York has allowed the fourth-most rushing yards per game, the sixth-highest explosive run rate, and the highest yards after contact per attempt.
Sam Darnold is the QB27 in fantasy points per game, but he’s playing MUCH better football than that ranking suggests. He has at least 16.1 fantasy points in each of his last three games. Darnold ranks second in yards per attempt, fifth in CPOE, eighth in highly accurate throw rate, and third in hero throw rate. Darnold should have a strong week against the Bucs’ pass defense. Tampa Bay has allowed the eighth-highest success rate per dropback and 13th-highest passer rating while ranking 15th in yards per attempt. The Bucs still love to blitz (fourth-highest rate). Darnold has destroyed the blitz with the third-best yards per attempt and the highest CPOE.
C.J. Stroud is having another difficult season as the QB28 in fantasy points per game. Among 38 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 19th in yards per attempt, 33rd in CPOE, 16th in highly accurate throw rate, and 18th in catchable target rate. Stroud is still waiting for his first QB1 finish. His best weekly showing so far has been QB15 (last week). Stroud might get his first top 12 finish this week. Baltimore’s pass defense has been horrible this season. They have given up the fourth-most passing yards per game, the second-most passing touchdowns (tied), the seventh-highest passer rating, and the fifth-highest CPOE.
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