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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Dak Prescott has been playing at such a high level this season as the QB5 in fantasy points per game. Among 45 qualifying quarterbacks, Prescott ranks third in passing yards per game, second in passing touchdowns (tied), sixth in highly accurate throw rate, 11th in hero throw rate, and second in catchable target rate. He should post strong QB1 numbers again this week as Dallas will be pushed to keep pace with the Chiefs’ offense. Since Week 7, Kansas City has allowed the 13th-highest yards per attempt, the sixth-highest adjusted completion rate, and the 14th-highest passer rating. Prescott should have time to cut up this pass defense. Since Week 7, Kansas City has had the 11th-lowest pressure rate.
Since Week 9, Kareem Hunt has operated as Kansas City’s bell cow back with a 75.7% snap rate, 19.7 touches per game, and 82.4 total yards per game as the RB14 in fantasy points per game. Among 54 qualifying backs, Hunt ranks 39th in missed tackle rate and 28th in yards after contact per attempt. He’s a volume play with a nice matchup. Since Week 7, Dallas has allowed the second-highest explosive run rate, the seventh-highest yards after contact per attempt, and sat at 17th in yards before contact per attempt.
Jake Ferguson is the TE4 in fantasy points per game, commanding an 18.9% target share with 41.8 receiving yards per game, 1.41 yards per route run, and a 22.1% first-read share. Ferguson is second among tight ends in red zone targets behind only Trey McBride, while also seeing three deep targets. The Chiefs aren’t an overwhelming matchup for Ferguson. Kansas City has faced the fifth-fewest tight end targets per game, but the Chiefs have allowed the 13th-highest yards per reception to the position. It should be viewed as a neutral matchup for Ferguson.
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