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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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.
Dak Prescott has played quite well this season, and it has started to show up in his fantasy box scores with top-five scoring finishes in two of his last three games (QB5, QB1). Overall, he’s the QB13 in fantasy points per game. Among 37 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks third in passing yards per game, ninth in CPOE, fourth in highly accurate throw rate, and second in catchable target rate. The Jets’ pass defense has been a shell of its former glory this season. They have allowed the ninth-highest yards per attempt, the eighth-most passing touchdowns (tied), and the fourth-highest passer rating. Prescott should have clean pockets to work from in Week 5 against a defense that has the eighth-lowest pressure rate.
Daniel Jones is the QB7 in fantasy points per game after cooling off some from his red hot start to the season. Over the last two games, he has finished as the QB11 and QB23 in weekly fantasy scoring. He is now averaging only 4.5 rushing attempts and 13.5 rushing yards per game. Jones hasn’t surpassed 30 rushing yards in any game and hasn’t scored on the ground since Week 2. Among 38 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks third in yards per attempt, eighth in passer rating, tenth in highly accurate throw rate, and sixth in catchable target rate. He faces a Raiders’ pass defense that will offer him a strong bounceback opportunity. They have given up the 11th-highest yards per attempt, the 12th-most passing yards per game, and the third-highest CPOE.
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