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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In his first game back from injury, Warren didn’t step back into a “workhorse” role, only playing 51.7% of the snaps with a 35.5% route share (6.7% target share). He did handle the team’s only red zone carry, though. I expect his snaps to trend up slightly this week. Warren finished with 13 touches and 63 total yards. Among 50 qualifying backs, he ranks second in missed tackles forced per attempt and 17th in yards after contact per attempt. He should have a nice day in Week 7 against a Cincy run defense that has allowed the fifth-most rushing yards per game, the third-highest yards before contact per attempt, and the 13th-highest missed tackle rate.
Metcalf is having a strong season as the WR12 in fantasy points per game. He has only one deep target and three red zone looks this season. Metcalf has a 22.1% target share, a 40.3% air-yard share, 2.72 yards per route run (71.2 receiving yards per game), and a 29.2% first-read share. Metcalf should have another strong outing against a secondary that has allowed the 14th-most fantasy points per game to perimeter wide receivers.
Rodgers has been a run-of-the-mill quarterback this season as the QB23 in fantasy points per game. Among 41 qualifying passers, he ranks 15th in yards per attempt, 24th in passing yards per game, 18th in highly accurate throw rate, and 16th in catchable target rate. Rodgers will turn in solid QB2 numbers this week against the Cincy pass defense. The Bengals haven’t been able to stop anyone, giving up the fifth-highest yards per attempt, the third-most passing yards per game, the fourth-most passing touchdowns, and the 11th-highest CPOE.
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