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
Kayshon Boutte (WR – NE)
The last time I was over the moon for Kayshon Boutte’s outlook in fantasy, he finished with only one grab (for a touchdown) and 16 receiving yards against the Dolphins. In Weeks 2-5, Boutte never had more than two receptions or 28 receiving yards in any game. Now, Week 6 enters the chat, where Boutte had a 19.2% target share with 93 receiving yards and two scores. His usage is extremely volatile week-to-week, but if you need a dart throw high-ceiling Flex, Boutte is your guy. He has nice matchups for the next two weeks. Tennessee and Cleveland have respectively allowed the 12th-most and fourth-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers, per Fantasy Points Data.
Jordan Whittington (WR – LAR)
With Puka Nacua’s health up in the air, Jordan Whittington becomes a waiver wire option for Week 7. With the Rams having a bye in Week 8, Whittington might only have a one-week flex shelf life. He should be the Rams’ second option in the passing game this week behind only Davante Adams. Last year, in his two starts, he had a 24.3% target share, 2.19 yards per route run (75.5 receiving yards per game), and a 20.8% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. He was the WR35 and WR17 in weekly scoring in those games while seeing one red zone target. The Jaguars have been giving to perimeter wide receivers, allowing the most fantasy points per game to the position.
Jaxson Dart (QB – NYG)
The Giants are riding high with the rookie duo of Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo. I’m skeptical it will last, but it is definitely fun to watch. These two players have the reckless abandon that Giants’ fans have been craving. Dart is only the third quarterback of the Super Bowl era to have 50+ rushing yards in each of his first three starts. He’s averaging nine carries per game, and his rushing ability is icing on this big blue cake. Next week’s matchup against the Broncos will be tough, as Denver is averaging the second-fewest points against (16.8) and has been stingy to opposing quarterbacks. The Broncos held Jets Justin Fields to 45 rushing yards on Sunday and sacked him nine times.
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