Start or sit? Decisions about whether to start or sit in fantasy football can be excruciating. While it feels great to make the right decision and cruise to fantasy glory, it hurts just as much when someone blows up while sitting on your couch. You can check out our Who Should I Start? tool to get advice from fantasy football experts as you make your lineup decisions. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free with our My Playbook tool for custom advice, rankings and analysis.

Let’s take a look at some polarizing players and what the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) recommend.

Fantasy football Start em, Sit em lineup advice

Geno Smith (QB – SEA) | QB16 for week 6

Quarterbacks who have ECR higher than Smith:

• Kirk Neven (ATL)
• Baker Mayfield (TB)
• Daniel Jones (NYG)

Quarterbacks who have ECR lower than Smith:

• Jared Goff (DET)
• Andy Dalton (CAR)
• Trevor Lawrence (JAX)

Some of the most popular Who should I start? searches of the week:

• Geno Smith or Daniel Jones: 60% of experts chose Jones
• Geno Smith or Jared Goff: 53% of experts chose Goff
• Geno Smith or Baker Mayfield: 63% of experts chose Mayfield

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – ZEE) | WR30 for week 6

Wide receivers that ECR has are higher than Smith-Njigba:

• George Pickens (PIT)
• Tank Dell (HOU)
• Rashid Shaheed (NO)

Wide receivers who have the ECR lower than Smith-Njigba:

• Wan’Dale Robinson (NYG)
• Dontayvion fuses (GB)
• Josh Downs (IND)

Some of the most popular Who should I start? searches of the week:

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Rashid Shaheed: 52% of experts chose Shaheed
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Tank Dell: 55% of experts chose Dell
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Wan’Dale Robinson: 66% of experts chose Smith-Njigba

Brandon Aiyuk (WR – SF) | WR12 for week 6

Wide receivers that ECR has higher than Aiyuk:

• Chris Godwin (TB)
• DK Metkalf (SEA)
• Stefon Diggs (HOU)

Wide receivers who have the ECR lower than Aiyuk:

• Deebo Samuel (SF)
• Garrett Wilson (NYJ)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (IND)

Some of the most popular Who should I start? searches of the week:

• Brandon Aiyuk or Stefon Diggs: 62% of experts chose Diggs
• Brandon Aiyuk or DK Metcalf: 86% of experts chose Metcalf
• Brandon Aiyuk or Garrett Wilson: 69% of experts chose Aiyuk
• Brandon Aiyuk or Deebo Samuel: 55% of experts chose Aiyuk

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