Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em: Jayden Higgins, Adonai Mitchell, John Metchie

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. And here are all of our top fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 14.

Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice

Jayden Higgins (WR – HOU)

Jayden Higgins‘ role in the Houston offense has been growing. Since Week 11, he has had two top-24 weekly finishes (WR22, WR23). In Week 12, he had a 67.7% route share, a 30% target share, a 51.3% air-yard share, 38 receiving yards, 1.81 yards per route run and a 38.9% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 13, Higgins didn’t post gaudy numbers but still had a 63.1% route share, a 14.2% target share and was second on the team with 65 receiving yards. Higgins doesn’t have a tough matchup again until Week 17 against the Chargers. He’s firmly on the WR3/Flex radar for the rest of the season.

Adonai Mitchell (WR – NYJ)

The regression game was coming for Adonai Mitchell. His usage with the Jets before Week 13 had been too good not to catch fire and lead to a big week eventually. In Weeks 11-12, Mitchell had a 23.6% target share, a 35.5% first-read share and a 62.5% air-yard share, but he had only 26 receiving yards per game, 1.13 yards per route run and three drops to show for it, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 13, Mitchell torched the Falcons with a 36.3% target share, eight receptions and 102 receiving yards. I’m not saying he will continue to produce at that pace moving forward, but he is the clear No. 1 WR for the Jets right now. I don’t want to use Mitchell as a Flex option in Week 14 against an improved Dolphins secondary, but his two matchups after that are wonderful. Since Week 8, the Jaguars and Saints have, respectively, allowed the fourth-most and seventh-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.

John Metchie III (WR – NYJ)

In Weeks 11-12, John Metchie was the WR18 and WR11 in weekly scoring. In those games, he had an 18.2% target share with 55 receiving yards per game, 2.08 yards per route run and a 19.4% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 13, Metchie finally cooled off with only four receptions and 19 scoreless receiving yards, but he still had a 24.2% target share. Metchie will continue to be a nice PPR Flex moving forward. I don’t want to play him in the Flex against the Dolphins, but the Jaguars’ and Saints’ secondaries are exploitable. Since Week 8, the Jaguars and Saints, respectively, have allowed the fourth-most and seventh-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.

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