Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em: Bub Means, Bo Nix, Spencer Rattler (Week 7)

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Let's take a look at some polarizing players and the advice of fantasy football expert Derek Brown. And for all of DBro's fantasy football prospects, check out this week's Fantasy Football Primer.

Fantasy football starting and sit-em lineup tips

Spencer Rattler (QB)

For fantasy purposes, Rattler had a passable first start as QB18 in Week 6, but his per-dropback metrics are all worrisome. Among the 37 qualified quarterbacks, Rattler ranks 30th in yards per attempt, 36th in passer rating, 27th in CPOE and 35th in fantasy points per dropback. Denver will play the Saints without Patrick Surtain (concussion), but the pass defense is tough enough that you should consider using Rattler, even in Superflex formats. Denver has held quarterbacks to the sixth-lowest passer rating, third-lowest yards per attempt and seventh-lowest CPOE.

Bub means (WR)

Means could serve as the team's WR1 this week. Last week, in Rattler's first NFL start, Means had a 70.8% route share, 20% target share, 27.5% air yard share, 1.32 YPRR, an end zone target and a team-leading first-time percentage. Read share of 26.9%. Means is just a top flex option. He will run about 65% of his routes against Levi Wallace (71.4% catch rate and 82.4 passer rating) and Riley Moss (60.5% catch rate and 77.7 passer rating). Denver has allowed the fewest fantasy points per game to wide receivers.

Bo Nix (QB)

Nix has done his best Daniel Jones impression in the last four weeks. He has been a top-13 fantasy quarterback in three of the last four weeks (QB13, QB8, QB8), although he remains near the bottom of the league. As of Week 3, Nix ranks 32nd among 37 qualified passers in yards per attempt, 21st in passer rating, 29th in passing yards per game and 28th in CPOE. His rapid production has helped put his deficiencies through the air. Nix averaged 6.2 rushing attempts and 30 rushing yards per game, with three rushing scores. This week he could continue the fantasy streak against what is now a beatable New Orleans pass defense. The Saints have allowed the fourth-most passing yards per game, the ninth-most yards per attempt and the sixth-highest success rate per dropback.

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