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

Brandin Cooks (WR – DAL) | WR53 for week 4

Wide receivers the ECR has are higher than Cooks:

• Jakobi Meyers (LV)
• Quentin Johnston (LAC)
• Jalen Nailor (MIN)

Wide receivers whose ECR is lower than Cooks:

• Michael Wilson (ARI)
• Gabe Davis (JAX)
• Allen Lazard (NYJ)

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

• Brandin Cooks or Jakobi Meyers: 81% of experts chose Meyers
• Brandin Cooks or Quentin Johnston: 71% of experts chose Johnston
• Brandin Cooks or Michael Wilson: 61% of experts chose Cooks
• Brandin Cooks or Gabe Davis: 65% of experts chose Cooks

Devin Singletary (RB – NYG) | RB20 for week 4

Running Backs has the ECR higher than Singletary:

• David Montgomery (DET)
• Zack Moss (CIN)
• Chuba Hubbard (CAR)

Running Backs has the ECR lower than Singletary:

• Najee Harris (PIT)
• Tony Pollard (TEN)
• JK Dobbins (LAC)

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

• Devin Singletary or David Montgomery: 87% of experts chose Montgomery
• Devin Singletary or Zack Moss: 77% of experts chose Moss
• Devin Singletary or Najee Harris: 52% of experts chose Singletary
• Devin Singletary or Tony Pollard: 52% of experts chose Singletary

Wan’Dale Robinson (WR – NYG) | WR45/Flex84 for week 4

Flex players whose ECR is higher than Robinson:

• Kyle Pitts (TE – ATL)
• Braelon Allen (RB – NYJ)
• Darnell Mooney (WR–ATL)

Flex players whose ECR is lower than Robinson:

• Romeo Doubs (WR – GB)
• Christian Watson (WR – GB)
• Tyler Lockett (WR – ZEE)

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

• Wan’Dale Robinson or Kyle Pitts: 72% of experts chose Pitts
• Wan’Dale Robinson or Braelon Allen: 59% of experts chose Allen
• Wan’Dale Robinson or Romeo Doubs: 65% of experts chose Robinson
• Wan’Dale Robinson or Tyler Lockett: 81% of experts chose Lockett

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