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 experts Pat Fitzmaurice and Derek Brown advise. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer as well as Fitz’s fantasy football rankings & tiers.
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Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice
Romeo Doubs (WR – GB)
Romeo Doubs’ ECR casts him as a high-end WR3. I think that’s overly optimistic, with Doubs coasting on the fumes of his three-TD game against the Cowboys in Week 4. Doubs is averaging 5.6 targets a game, and his season high in yardage is 68 yards. Even in that three-touchdown game against Dallas, Doubs had a modest 58 receiving yards. Packers QB Jordan Love spreads the ball around, and the run-heavy Packers have a pass rate over expected of -4.2%, tied for seventh lowest in the league. I consider Doubs more of a midrange or low-end WR3.
– Pat Fitzmaurice
Kayshon Boutte (WR – NE)
Kayshon Boutte hasn’t been heavily targeted this season, with 23 targets in his first six games. But Boutte has been ruthlessly efficient, averaging 13.1 yards per target and 1.86 yards per route run. He’s also scored three touchdowns and is tied for 35th in half-point PPR fantasy points per game. With the low target total, Boutte doesn’t offer a safe floor, but I consider him a flex-worthy WR4 this week against the Titans.
– Pat Fitzmaurice
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.
– Derek Brown
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