Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em: Parker Washington, Tyler Lockett, Malik Washington

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

Parker Washington (WR – JAX)

Analysis: In Weeks 7 and 9, Parker Washington had a 23.2% target share, a 34.6% air-yard share, 71 receiving yards per game, 1.89 yards per route run and a 25.9% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those contests, Washington had two red-zone targets and five deep targets. Washington followed those games up with a 30.4% target share, three receptions, 33 receiving yards and a score against the Texans. Washington should continue to be a volume-based Flex play moving forward until Brian Thomas Jr. or Travis Hunter is back in action. Jakobi Meyers will impact Washington’s target share moving forward once he is fully integrated into the offense. If all three of those receivers fill out the Jaguars’ starting lineup soon, Washington could find himself on the outside looking in for playing time.

Tyler Lockett (WR – LV)

Analysis: Last week was a nice ramp-up game for Tyler Lockett with his new team. In Week 10, he had a 65.7% route share with a 22.2% target share, 44 receiving yards, 1.91 yards per route run and a 21.1% first-read share. Those are all solid per-route metrics. He immediately hopped Tre Tucker in the Raiders’ target pecking order. He’s a strong out-of-left-field Flex option this week against a Dallas secondary that, since Week 5, has allowed the second-most PPR points per target to slot receivers.

Malik Washington (WR – MIA)

Analysis: Since becoming Jaylen Waddle‘s running mate in the Dolphins’ passing attack in Week 5, Malik Washington had a 62.3% route share, a 15% target share, 27.2 receiving yards per game, 1.19 yards per route run and a 16.1% first-read share through Week 9. During that span, he had six red-zone targets and one deep target. On Sunday against Buffalo, Washington had only three targets and nine receiving yards. I know that’s not an inspiring stat line, but this week’s matchup puts Washington back on the Flex radar. Since Week 5, the Commanders have allowed the fourth-most PPR points per target to slot receivers.

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