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.
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Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice
Emari Demercado (RB – ARI) & Bam Knight (RB – ARI)
Analysis: With Trey Benson‘s return possibly a week away, remain conservative with your bids for either Emari Demercado or Bam Knight this week. Over the last two weeks, Demercado has been the more valuable back for fantasy despite playing fewer snaps than Knight. In Week 10, the gap between the two shrank, with Knight playing 34 snaps to Demercado’s 32. Of the two, Demercado is the more valuable back for fantasy, and his usage in the passing game may help him retain some value when Benson returns. For Week 11, both can be considered Flex options against a beaten-up 49ers defense that was blown out by the Rams, 42-26. The 49ers allowed Kyren Williams and Blake Corum to combine for 139 yards and two scores on the ground. Demercado is a high-end RB3 for Week 11, with Knight a Flex option.
Christian Watson (WR – GB)
Analysis: In Weeks 8 and 9, Christian Watson had a 64% route share, a 10.8% target share, a 35.5% air-yard share (23.0-yard average depth of target), 71.5 receiving yards per game, 2.98 yards per route run and a 15.2% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Three of his eight targets in those two games were downfield. In Week 10, Watson had two catches for a team-high 45 receiving yards against the Eagles on a night when the Packers’ passing game was dysfunctional. He has operated as Green Bay’s field stretcher. This role should be extremely fruitful for fantasy managers over the next seven weeks. Watson gets matchups against the Giants, Vikings, Ravens and the Bears twice. Since Week 5, all of those teams sit inside the top 12 for deep ball completion rate allowed. Watson will have some spike weeks that could win you the week.
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