Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em: Cade Otton, Dalton Schultz, Theo 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

Cade Otton (TE – TB)

Analysis: If you’re looking at Cade Otton on the waiver wire, it’s as a one-week streamer for Week 10. Since Week 5, Otton has a 19.2% target share with 59.3 receiving yards per game, 2.14 yards per route run and a 12.5% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those four games, Otton has one weekly TE1 finish (TE11). If you need help at tight end, stream him this week against the Patriots, who have allowed the 10th-most scheduled-adjusted fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Dalton Schultz (TE – HOU)

Analysis: Entering Week 9, Dalton Schultz was the TE20 in fantasy points per game with one weekly TE1 finish this season (TE5). He had a 16.5% target share with 44 receiving yards per game, 1.66 yards per route run and a 17.5% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Against the Broncos on Sunday, Schultz had a 20% target share with six receptions and 77 scoreless receiving yards. Schultz is a strong streamer this week against a Jacksonville defense that has allowed the eighth-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Theo Johnson (TE – NYG)

Analysis: Entering Week 9, Theo Johnson had been the TE11 in fantasy points per game since Week 4, drawing an 18.8% target share with 32.6 receiving yards per game, 1.22 yards per route run and a 22.6% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those five games, he had five red-zone targets and a deep target. Against the 49ers on Sunday, Johnson had an 18.1% target share, three receptions, 27 receiving yards and a score. With Jaxson Dart playing lights out and Johnson heavily involved near the goal line, he’ll continue to be a strong weekly streaming option at tight end who can pop off at any time with TE1 upside.

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