Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em: Harold Fannin, Colston Loveland, Mason Taylor

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

Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – CLE)

Analysis: Harold Fannin Jr. shouldn’t even be on this list at this point. Fannin is the TE12 in fantasy points per game and ranks 14th in red-zone targets at the position. Fannin has four weekly TE1 scoring finishes (TE6, TE12, TE7, TE4). He has a 16.6% target share while averaging 44 receiving yards with 1.73 yards per route run and an 18.9% first-read share. Fannin should flirt with TE1 production for the rest of the season. Pick him up immediately.

Colston Loveland (TE – CHI)

Analysis: OK, well, there was the big Colston Loveland breakout game we’ve been waiting for. I honestly thought this game was coming in Week 8, but it didn’t happen. I faded Loveland entering Week 9 with the return of Cole Kmet, but Kmet left the game with a concussion. Assuming Kmet will be out for Week 10, Loveland gets at least one more game with full-time run before the Chicago tight end situation becomes a mess again. In Week 9, Loveland had an 18.9% target share with six grabs, 118 receiving yards and two scores. The Giants are 18th in schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game allowed to tight ends, per Fantasy Points Data. Loveland is a solid streamer this week with TE1 upside.

Mason Taylor (TE – NYJ)

Analysis: Mason Taylor has been a TE1 in weekly scoring in three of his last five games (TE11, TE8, TE7). Since Week 4, he has a 20.4% target share, 39.8 receiving yards per game, 1.26 yards per route run and a 22.6% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those five games, Taylor has seven red-zone targets. Taylor is a solid volume-infused streaming option moving forward.

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