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 Pat Fitzmaurice advises. And you can find all of Fitz’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football rankings & tiers.
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Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice
I’m not chasing the three-touchdown game that Romeo Doubs had against Dallas in Week 4. The target distribution in Green Bay is unpredictable, and there’s a good chance the Packers get a run-friendly game script as 14.5-point home favorites against the Bengals. I’m ranking Doubs as a high-end WR4.
We got an unexpected smash game out of Kendrick Bourne in Week 5. The former Patriot had 10-142-0 on 11 targets against the Rams. Bourne became the 49ers’ default WR1 with WRs Jauan Jennings and Ricky Pearsall both out. If Jennings and Pearsall are both out again, Bourne is playable this week against the pass-funnel Buccaneers defense. If one of Jennings and Pearsall plays, consider Bourne a flex option. If both Jennings and Pearsall are back, Bourne won’t be a fantasy option.
Matthew Golden had his best game of the season (5-58-0 on six targets) in the Packers’ Week 4 tie against the Cowboys right before Green Bay’s bye. But Golden played only 59% of the Packers’ offensive snaps in that game. He’s only had one game this season when he’s been above a 60% snap share. It’s still too soon to welcome Golden into the circle of trust.
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