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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Brock Purdy has one QB1 weekly finish this season, but he’ll add another one to that total this week. The Titans have been horrible at defending the pass, and I don’t see that changing this week. Among 44 qualifying passers, Purdy ranks 17th in yards per attempt, 14th in passing yards per game, 29th in highly accurate throw rate, and 24th in catchable target rate. I know none of that’s pretty, but Purdy should still crush this week. Since Week 10, Tennessee has allowed the most passing yards per game, the fifth-highest yards per attempt, the fourth-highest passer rating, and the sixth-most passing touchdowns (tied). Cook, Purdy. Cook.
Since Week 4, Dart has been the QB4 in fantasy points per game, averaging 7.4 rushing attempts and 42.1 rushing yards per game. Among 44 qualifying passers, he ranks 23rd in yards per attempt, 20th in highly accurate throw rate, 11th in catchable target rate, and seventh in hero throw rate. In his eight games played since Week 4, he has seven rushing touchdowns. Dart should light it up this week. Since Week 10, Washington has fielded a wretched pass defense, giving up the seventh-highest yards per attempt, the tenth-most passing yards per game, and the third-highest CPOE. During that span, they have also had the second-lowest pressure rate. Dart should carve this pass defense up downfield. Washington has allowed the third-highest deep ball completion rate and the second-highest passer rating on targets 20 yards or more this season.
Marcus Mariota will draw the start this week and could be Washington’s starter for the rest of the season. In his six starts this season, he has averaged 5.8 rushing attempts and 35.6 rushing yards with three QB1 outings in weekly scoring (QB6, QB9, QB3). Among 44 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 18th in yards per attempt, 26th in highly accurate throw rate, 29th in catchable target rate, and 11th in hero throw rate. Mariota could be a QB1 again this week against a weak Giants pass defense. Since Week 10, New York has allowed the 13th-most yards per attempt, the fifth-highest passer rating, the highest CPOE, and the 11th-most passing yards per game.
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