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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With Cam Skattebo‘s unfortunate injury last week, Tyrone Tracy Jr. will be the team’s workhorse moving forward. Last week, in the second half, he played 74% of the snaps with five of seven running back carries and a 61.1% route share. Tracy Jr. hasn’t been nearly as impressive this season on a per-touch basis as last year, with an 11% missed tackle rate and only 2.09 yards after contact per attempt. Tracy Jr. should produce solid RB2 numbers this week. Since Week 4, San Francisco’s run defense has been quite average, allowing the ninth-highest yards before contact per attempt, the 13th-highest yards per carry to zone runs (Tracy 62.2% zone), logging the second-lowest stuff rate, and sitting at 16th in success rate.
Kareen Hunt will lead the backfield this week with Isiah Pacheco sidelined. He has averaged 8.8 touches and 37.7 total yards this season as the RB40 in fantasy points per game. Hunt has three top-24 weekly finishes this season already (RB22, RB8, RB12). Hunt hasn’t been impressive on a per-touch basis, with only a 10% missed tackle rate and 2.16 yards after contact per attempt. He could still have a strong fantasy day in Week 9 just based on volume and touchdown equity that he has in the offense. Hunt is tied for 15th in the NFL in rushing attempts inside the five-yard line. Since Week 4, Buffalo has allowed the sixth-most rushing yards per game, the tenth-highest explosive run rate, and the second-highest missed tackle rate.
Kimani Vidal truthers UNITE! Vindication is ours. Since Week 6, Kimani Vidal has been the RB10 in fantasy points per game, averaging 19.4 touches and 100 total yards. Among 60 qualifying backs, he ranks third in explosive run rate and 14th in yards after contact per attempt. He shouldn’t have much issue with ripping apart the Titans’ run defense this week. Since Week 4, Tennessee has allowed the ninth-most rushing yards per game, the 13th-highest explosive run rate, and the fourth-highest yards before contact per attempt.
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