Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em: Baker Mayfield, Trey Sermon, Josh Downs (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 throws a tantrum 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

Baker Mayfield (QB – TB) | QB16 for Week 6

The ECR's quarterbacks are higher than Mayfield:

• Kirk Cousins ​​(ATL)
• CJ Stroud (HOU)
• Daniel Jones (NYG)

The ECR quarterbacks are lower than Mayfield:

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

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

• Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff: 82% of experts chose Mayfield
• Baker Mayfield or Trevor Lawrence: 100% of the experts chose Mayfield
• Baker Mayfield or Daniel Jones: 58% of experts chose Jones

Trey Sermon (RB – IND) | RB27 for Week 6

The ECR has higher running backs than Sermon:

• Tyrone Tracy Jr (NYG)
• James Cook (BUF)
• Tank Bigsby (JAX)

ECR running backs has a lower sermon:

• Alexander Mattison (LV)
• Tyjae Spears (TEN)
• Braelon Allen (NYJ)

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

• Trey Sermon or Tyrone Tracy Jr: 64% of experts chose Bigsby
• Trey Sermon or Tank Bigsby: 60% of experts chose Tracy
• Trey Sermon or Alexander Mattison: 74% of experts chose Sermon

Josh Downs (WR – IND) | WR31 for Week 6

The ECR is higher for wide receivers than for downs:

• Tank Dell (HOU)
• Wan'Dale Robinson (NYG)
• Rashid Shaheed (NO)

At wide receivers the ECR is lower than at downs:

• Dontayvion Wicks (GB)
• Christian Kirk (JAX)
• Calvin Ridley (TEN)

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

• Josh Downs or Wan'Dale Robinson: 66% of experts chose Robinson
• Josh Downs or Tank Dell: 74% of experts chose Dell
• Josh Downs or Rashid Shaheed: 55% of experts chose Shaheed

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