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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Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice
Troy Franklin (WR – DEN)
Troy Franklin is the WR48 in fantasy points per game with two top-36 weekly finishes this season (WR7, WR36). He has a 71.8% route share, a 17% target share, 41.7 receiving yards per game (1.53 yards per route run), and an 18% first-read share. Franklin has only one score across the last five games despite seeing six red zone targets. Across the last two weeks, the Giants have utilized two high at the seventh-highest rate (58.6%). Against two high, Franklin has seen his first-read share increase to 20.3%. Franklin is a solid flex option this week against a secondary that has allowed the tenth-most fantasy points per game and the 11th-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.
Bo Nix (QB – DEN)
There’s no other way to put this, but Bo Nix has had a weekly spot on the struggle bus this season as the QB19 in fantasy points per game. Among 41 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 30th in yards per attempt, 27th in passer rating, 31st in highly accurate throw rate, 33rd in catchable target rate, and he has the eighth-highest off-target rate. Nix could have issues again this week against what has been a renewed Giants’ pass defense. Since Week 4, this team has put a hurting on opposing passers, allowing the 11th-fewest yards per attempt, the seventh-lowest passer rating, and the ninth-lowest success rate per dropback. During this span, the Giants have also had the tenth-best pressure rate. Denver should lean on their ground game this week.
Daniel Jones (QB – IND)
Jones is the QB9 in fantasy points per game as he has had a renaissance as a passer this season. Yes, he his averaging 12.7 rushing yards per game with four rushing scores, but his passing stats have been even more impressive. Among 41 qualifying passers, Jones ranks fifth in yards per attempt, 11th in passing yards per game, third in highly accurate throw rate, and sixth in catchable target rate. Jones will have a tough road to walk this week against the Bolts’ pass defense. The Chargers have allowed the third-fewest yards per attempt, the fourth-fewest passing yards per game, and the second-lowest success rate per dropback. Indy should lean on its ground game this week.
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