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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Jacoby Brissett has finished as a QB1 in EVERY start this season (QB7, QB12, QB10, QB10, QB4). Since Week 6, among 36 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks first in passing yards per game, 15th in yards per attempt, seventh in passing touchdowns, 11th in highly accurate throw rate, and 16th in catchable target rate. I know Justin Herbert fell on his face last week, but Jacksonville still doesn’t have a pass defense that strikes fear in my heart. Since Week 6, they have allowed the 12th-most passing yards per game, the second-most passing touchdowns (tied), the eighth-highest success rate per dropback, and ranked 16th in CPOE.
Jordan Love‘s up-and-down play has impacted his per-dropback metrics in recent weeks. He’s been quite volatile over the last four games with two top-ten weekly finishes (QB1, QB8) and two weeks as the QB24. Among 43 qualifying quarterbacks, Love is eighth in yards per attempt, 13th in passing yards per game, and 17th in highly accurate throw rate and catchable target rate. This week, he faces a Vikings’ pass defense that has improved to a middle-of-the-road unit since the return of Andrew Van Ginkel, ranking 16th in passing yards per game, allowing the 13th-fewest yards per attempt, and sitting at 15th in passer rating. Love could have a nice game this week, as he has been strong against the blitz, and we know Brian Flores loves to blitz heavily weekly. Love ranks ninth in yards per attempt, 14th in big-time throw rate, and fourth in adjusted completion rate against the blitz. Minnesota still blitzes at the highest rate in the NFL (43.9%).
The “old Sam Darnold” has started to creep back into the mix over the last few weeks. Since Week 7, among 36 qualifying quarterbacks, Darnold has still ranked third in yards per attempt, fifth in CPOE, and second in highly accurate throw rate, but in that span, he has also led in interceptions, ranked second in turnover-worthy throw rate, and fallen to 21st in catchable target rate. Tennessee could be a nice dose of “get right” serum this week. Since Week 7, they have allowed the tenth-most passing yards per game, the fourth-highest yards per attempt, the second-highest passer rating, and the sixth-highest success rate per dropback. This is a good spot for Seattle to inject some confidence in their quarterback.
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