Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em: Tank Bigsby, Kareem Hunt, Evan Engram (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

Tank Bigsby (RB)

Last week, Bigsby played just 27% of the snaps with seven carries and 24 rushing yards. This happened even though Travis Etienne was injured. The team instead rode D'Ernest Johnson in the negative game script. In the second half of his Week 6 game against the Bears, Bigsby played just 28.6% of the rushing play snaps and 17.9% of the passing down snaps. Bigsby may have more work to do this week if Jacksonville can take the lead or at least keep the game in a neutral environment. Bigsby should be the early down hammer in Week 7. Among the 61 qualifying backs, he ranks first in explosive run rate, seventh in forced missed tackles per attempt and first in yards after contact per attempt. New England's defense offers an upside this week. The Patriots have allowed the 10th highest rushing touchdown rate, the second highest contact yards per attempt, the second highest yards per carry on gap runs and the ninth highest success rate on gap runs (Bigsby 65.9% gap).

Kareem Hunt (RB)

Before their bye in Week 6, Hunt served as a clear backup for the Chiefs. As the RB5 of the week, he played 63% of the snaps with 28 touchdowns and 117 total yards. He had a 50% snap rate on passing downs and a 58% snap percentage in the red zone. He hasn't broken an explosive run yet, and while his 2.12 yards after contact per attempt isn't anything to write home about, his 22% miss tackle rate is solid. Hunt could post another solid stat line this week. San Francisco has allowed the 14th highest yards after contact per attempt, the sixth highest rate of missed tackles, the 11th highest yards per carry on zone runs, and the 14th highest success rate on zone runs (Hunt 61% zone).

Evan Engram (WR)

All Evan Engram did after missing over a month was secure all ten of Trevor Lawrence's targets for 102 yards. Sure, he lost a fumble, but he finished the week as the TE5 overall. More importantly, the volume was a great sign for Engram's future prospects. Remember, Engram caught 114 passes a year ago. That was the second-highest number of tight ends in NFL history. Engram and the Jaguars host the New England Patriots in Week 7. The Patriots have allowed the ninth-most receiving yards to opposing tight ends this year. Even against a weak New England offense, Jacksonville's porous defense should force them to throw farther. For this reason, Engram is a threat to rush the position on receptions when healthy.

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