Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em: Alec Pierce, Christian Watson, Devin Singletary

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 dive into our start/sit lineup advice and outlook for a few of the top fantasy football waiver wire pickups of the week.

Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice

Devin Singletary (RB – NYG)

Analysis: In the Giants’ first week without Bash Brother Cam Skattebo, Devin Singletary split the backfield work with Tyrone Tracy Jr. in the Giants’ 34-24 loss to the 49ers. Despite a negative game script, Singletary out-touched Tracy 10-8 and outsnapped him 32-25 on Sunday. Singletary had 8-43-0 rushing and 2-8-0 receiving on two targets. The Giants’ offense is going to be tough to predict, but based on Singletary’s usage against the 49ers, he appears to be the preferred back. Against the Bears this week, Singletary could be an RB3 for fantasy.

Alec Pierce (WR – IND)

Analysis: Alec Pierce against single-high coverage is feeding families. Pierce entered this week with a 29.5% target share, 4.33 yards per route run and a 33.3% first-read share against single-high coverage, per Fantasy Points Data. Pittsburgh utilizes single-high at the third-highest rate in the NFL. Pierce ate the Steelers alive with a 26% target share, six receptions and 115 receiving yards. He’s poised for another strong stat line in Week 10 against an Atlanta secondary that utilizes single-high at the highest rate in the NFL (72%). The Falcons’ secondary has also been leaky since Week 4, giving up the seventh-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers. Pierce should smash again this week.

Christian Watson (WR – GB)

Analysis: In Week 8, Christian Watson surprised me with a 59.5% route share, finishing with 85 receiving yards and an 18.3-yard average depth of target (aDOT). He had a 10.8% target share, 3.86 yards per route run and a 17.4% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 9, Watson saw his route share increase to 75%, as he finished with an 11.7% target share, two receptions and 58 receiving yards. Watson’s role in the Packers’ offense is trending up, and he’ll be needed even more moving forward, with Tucker Kraft likely out for the rest of the season and Matthew Golden now dealing with a shoulder injury. I don’t want to play Watson in the Flex if I can help it this week against Philly, but his next two matchups after the Eagles are amazing. Since Week 4, the Giants have allowed the 12th-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers, and the Vikings have allowed the most PPR points per target to that position.

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