Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em: Brock Purdy, Kareem Hunt, Javonte Williams (2024)

Start or set? Starting or seating decisions in fantasy football can be agonizing. While it feels great to make the right decision and achieve fantasy glory, it hurts just as much when someone breaks out on the bench. You can use our “Who should I start with?” Tool to help you get advice from fantasy football experts as you make your lineup decisions. And you can also sync your fantasy football league with our My Playbook tool for free for customized advice, rankings and analysis.

Let's take a look at some polarizing players and the recommendations of the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR).

Fantasy football starting and sit-em lineup tips

Brock Purdy (QB – SF) | QB4 for Week 5

ECR's quarterbacks rank higher than Purdy:

• Lamar Jackson (BAL)
• Josh Allen (BUF)
• Jayden Daniels (WHAT)

The ECR quarterbacks are lower than Purdy:

• Jordan Love (UK)
• Justin Fields (CHI)
• CJ Stroud (HOU)

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

• Brock Purdy or Joe Burrow: 98% of experts chose Purdy
• Brock Purdy or CJ Stroud: 91% of experts chose Purdy
• Brock Purdy or Justin Fields: 89% of experts chose Purdy

Kareem Hunt (RB – KC) | RB20 for Week 5

The ECR has higher running backs than Hunt:

• Najee Harris (PIT)
• Jerome Ford (CLE)
• Rhamondre Stevenson (NE)

The ECR has fewer running backs than Hunt:

• Zack Moss (CIN)
• Javonte Williams (DEN)
• Trey Sermon (IND)

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

• Kareem Hunt or Javonte Williams: 80% of experts chose Hunt
• Kareem Hunt or Rico Dowdle: 98% of experts chose Hunt
• Kareem Hunt or Devin Singletary: 67% of experts chose Hunt

Dontayvion Wicks (WR – GB) | WR26 for week 5

Wide receiver has higher ECR than Wicks:

• Brian Thomas Jr. (JAX)
• Tyreek Hill (MIA)
• Xavier Worthy (KC)

The ECR has fewer wide receivers than Wicks:

• Michael Pittman (IND)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)
• Rashid Shaheed (NO)

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

• Dontayvion Wicks or Brandon Aiyuk: 100% of the experts chose Aiyuk
• Dontayvion Wicks or Diontae Johnson: 100% of the experts chose Johnson
• Dontayvion Wicks or Brian Thomas Jr. 71% of experts chose Thomas Jr.

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