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 take a look at a few polarizing players and what fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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Hunter Henry is the TE14 in fantasy points per game with two TE1 weekly finishes (TE1, TE10), but sadly, none since Week 4. Henry has a 16% target share with 40.9 receiving yards per game, 1.59 yards per route run, and a 17.5% first-read share. He has eight red zone targets and four deep targets this season. This week, he faces a Tampa Bay secondary that, since Week 5, has utilized two high at the third-highest rate (61.4%). Against two high, Henry has seen his target per route run rate drop to 15% with only 1.32 yards per route run. Don’t expect a huge game from Henry this week. Tampa Bay has allowed the 11th-fewest receiving yards per game and fantasy points per game to tight ends.
With Tucker Kraft out for the rest of the season, Luke Musgrave will assume the full-time tight end role. This season, he has had only a 23% route share, a 16% target per route run rate, and 1.40 yards per route run. Musgrave will have some streamable weeks, but this isn’t one of them. The Eagles have allowed the third-fewest receiving yards per game and schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Last week, Devin Singletary surprisingly led the Giants’ backfield with a 55.4% snap rate, ten touches, and 51 total yards. He had eight of 13 running back rushing attempts, their only red zone rushing attempt, and a 35.9% route share (6.1% target share). Singletary hasn’t been amazing on a per-touch basis this season, but he has been better than Tyrone Tracy Jr. with a 14% missed tackle rate and 2.14 yards after contact per attempt. This week, he’ll be a low-end flex against an improved Chicago run defense. Since Week 5, Chicago has allowed the 11th-fewest rushing yards per game, the lowest yards after contact per attempt, and the eighth-lowest missed tackle rate.
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