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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Matthew Stafford has been absolutely ballin’ out. He’s the QB9 in fantasy points per game with at least 25.6 fantasy points in each of the last two games. Among 40 qualifying quarterbacks, Stafford ranks second in passing yards per game and passing touchdowns, seventh in passer rating, and first in hero throw rate. Stafford should smash again this week. Baltimore’s pass defense is in shambles, allowing the third-most passing yards per game, the most passing touchdowns, the third-highest in CPOE, and the sixth-highest success rate per dropback.
Caleb Williams is the QB6 in fantasy points per game with two QB1 outings in his four games (QB9, QB1). Her per-dropback metrics haven’t been nearly as good as his fantasy production. Among 40 qualifying passers, he ranks 18th in yards per attempt, 32nd in highly accurate throw rate, 35th in catchable target rate, and he has the sixth-highest off-target rate. Williams and Ben Johnson are still smoothing out the wrinkles in the offense, but Williams has to show more consistency moving forward. He could easily smash again this week. The Commanders’ pass defense hasn’t been great this season, allowing the fifth-most yards per attempt, the ninth-most passing yards per game, and the tenth-highest CPOE and passer rating. Williams is a volatile fantasy option that could pay off handsomely this week.
Jones is the QB11 in fantasy points per game, but has been held below 17 fantasy points in each of his last three starts. Since Week 3, he hasn’t had a rushing touchdown and has surpassed 20 rushing yards in a game only once. Jones has passed for multiple touchdowns in only one game this season. Now, that doesn’t mean that he isn’t playing at a high level because he is. The fantasy production just hasn’t been there. Among 40 qualifying passers, Jones ranks third in yards per attempt, eighth in passer rating, seventh in catchable target rate, and 12th in hero throw rate. Jones has a tall order this week, but he should be up to the task. Arizona has allowed the 11th-fewest yards per attempt, the sixth-lowest passer rating, and the fifth-fewest passing touchdowns, but they have also surrendered the fifth-most passing yards per game and rank 17th in CPOE. Jones should at least post solid QB2 numbers.
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