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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Philly’s pass rush destroyed Jared Goff last week as he was under duress on 38.5% of his dropbacks. If the Lions can keep Goff in clean pockets this week, he should have a monstrous bounce-back game. Since Week 7, the Giants are 13th in pressure rate, so there is some risk here. Goff is the QB15 in fantasy points per game with two QB1 outings this season. Among 43 qualifying quarterbacks, Goff ranks sixth in yards per attempt, ninth in passing yards per game, second in passing touchdowns (tied), and 16th in highly accurate throw rate. Since Week 7, the Giants have allowed the 12th-highest success rate per dropback, the second-most passing touchdowns, the sixth-highest passer rating, and the 12th-highest CPOE.
Last week, Brock Purdy made his triumphant return to the huddle as the QB5 for the week. Among 43 qualifying passers, he ranks seventh in yards per attempt, third in passing yards per game, eighth in CPOE, and 15th in catchable target rate. Purdy is a strong QB1 again this week with a middle-of-the-road matchup against Carolina. Since Week 7, Carolina has allowed the 11th-highest yards per attempt while ranking 20th in CPOE and success rate per dropback.
Daniel Jones is the QB7 in fantasy points per game, averaging 14.3 rushing yards per game and five rushing touchdowns. Jones has the sixth-most red zone carries per game among quarterbacks. He has excelled as a passer this season. Among 43 qualifying passers, he ranks fifth in yards per attempt, first in passing yards per game, 11th in highly accurate throw rate, and sixth in catchable target rate. I was high on Bo Nix last week, and he played well despite it not carrying over to a strong fantasy day. Last week, Nix completed 64.9% of his passes with 8.0 yards per attempt and 295 passing yards. That was the second-highest passing yardage performance of the season for Nix and only the second time he had 8.0 or more yards per attempt in a game. Jones should have a strong game in Week 12. Since Week 7, Kansas City has allowed the eighth-highest yards per attempt, the sixth-highest CPOE, and ranked 16th in success rate per dropback. Jones should have plenty of time in the pocket this week. Since Week 7, the Chiefs have the eighth-lowest pressure rate.
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