Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em: Bryce Young, Trevor Lawrence, Juwan Johnson

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

Bryce Young (QB – CAR)

Bryce Young was dealing on Sunday. Topping 400 passing yards for the first time in his career, Young torched the Falcons for 448 yards and three touchdowns. This performance came as a surprise, as the third-year quarterback had finished as the QB29 in fantasy scoring in each of the previous two weeks. This week, the Panthers face the 49ers, who just allowed Jacoby Brissett to set an NFL record for most completions in a game with 47. The Panthers have been shocking teams all season, and this is a great matchup to keep the ball rolling on offense. It’s risky knowing that Young’s floor is QB29, but we now know the upside is there.

Trevor Lawrence (QB – JAX)

The Jaguars are one of the hardest teams to predict this season. Despite dealing with injuries to their pass-catchers, we have seen them have huge wins against the Chiefs and now the Chargers. However, we have also seen the Jaguars fall short against the Bengals and Texans. Trevor Lawrence has had four weeks in which he finished outside of the top 20 quarterbacks in fantasy scoring, four weeks in the QB12 to QB14 range and two weeks inside the top 12. It’s hard to trust Lawrence weekly, but if Brian Thomas Jr. returns to face the Cardinals in Week 12, it will be easier to play Lawrence. Plus, the trade deadline addition of Jakobi Meyers and the potential return of injured tight end Brenton Strange could help Lawrence find more consistency down the stretch.

Juwan Johnson (TE – NO)

In Tyler Shough‘s two starts, Juwan Johnson has had a 15.1% target share, 61.5 receiving yards per game, 3.00 yards per route run and an 11.8% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. He was the TE9 and TE3 in fantasy scoring in those weeks, seeing two red-zone targets and a deep target. Johnson should continue to produce borderline TE1 numbers as the Saints’ No. 2 target behind only Chris Olave.

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