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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Wan’Dale Robinson is the WR30 in fantasy points per game. Robinson has a 20.6% target share, 1.90 yards per route run (59.3 receiving yards per game), and a 28.4% first-read share (second on the team). His ridiculous stat line in Week 2 is carrying a lot of water for his overall numbers. In the other three games this season, Robinson hasn’t produced more than 55 receiving yards. He has seen three red zone targets this season, though. Once Malik Nabers was out last week, he had a 40% target share and a 33.3% first-read share, but it was a small ten-target sample. This isn’t the week to look to flex Robinson. The Saints have been tough against slot receivers, allowing the sixth-fewest PPR points per target and the fewest fantasy points per game to the position.
Last week, Woody Marks took over the Houston backfield as the RB6 for the week. He played 58.5% of the snaps with 21 touches and 119 total yards (two scores). Marks had 17 of 30 running back carries with a 43.8% route share (17.9% target share). Marks had the team’s only red zone carry last week. Among 43 qualifying backs, Marks ranks tenth in explosive run rate and 20th in yards after contact per attempt. Marks should crush again this week. Baltimore hasn’t been able to stop opposing rushers. They have allowed the sixth-most rushing yards per game, the fifth-highest yards after contact per attempt, and the second-highest yards per carry and success rate to gap runs (Marks 58.6% gap).
Last week, Nick Chubb saw his playing time decrease with a 40% snap rate, 13 of the 30 running back carries, and a 21.9% route share (7.1% target share). He finished with 15 touches and 62 total yards. He has looked like a shell of his former self with a 13% missed tackle rate and 1.68 yards after contact per attempt this season. He’s a touchdown-dependent flex this week with a good matchup. Baltimore has allowed the sixth-most rushing yards per game, the fifth-highest yards after contact per attempt, and the second-highest yards per carry and success rate to gap runs (Chubb 53.2% gap).
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