Start em or sit em? Fantasy football start or sit decisions can be excruciating. While it feels great to make the right call and cruise to fantasy glory, it hurts just as much when you have someone erupt while on your bench. You can use our Who Should I Start? tool to gauge advice from fantasy football experts as you make your lineup decisions. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free using our My Playbook tool for custom advice, rankings and analysis.
Let’s dive into our start/sit lineup advice and outlook for a few of the top fantasy football waiver wire pickups of the week.
Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice
Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – CLE)
Analysis: Entering Week 10, with Dillon Gabriel under center, Harold Fannin Jr. had been the TE11 in fantasy points per game with a 19.6% target share, 48 receiving yards per game, 1.86 yards per route run and a 20.5% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Against the Jets on Sunday, he had a 21.8% target share with four receptions and 44 scoreless receiving yards. Fannin will continue to flirt with TE1 production weekly just based upon volume alone. He’s a decent weekly streaming option at tight end.
Theo Johnson (TE – NYG)
Analysis: From Week 4 to Week 9, Theo Johnson was the TE13 in fantasy points per game with an 18.6% target share, 31.7 receiving yards per game, 1.17 yards per route run and a 21.2% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Touchdowns helped Johnson immensely in those games, as he had six red-zone targets and five touchdowns in those six games. Against the Bears on Sunday, Johnson had another strong game with a 22.2% target share, seven receptions and 75 receiving yards. He’ll continue to flirt with TE1 production weekly as a strong streamer. He’s a key cog in the Giants’ passing attack and red-zone offense.
Luke Musgrave (TE – GB)
Analysis: Luke Musgrave will assume the full-time tight end role for Green Bay with Tucker Kraft out for the rest of the season. This season, Musgrave has had only a 23% route share, a 16% target per route run rate and 1.40 yards per route run, per Fantasy Points Data. I don’t want to stream Musgrave this week, but in Week 12, he is definitely on the streamer radar. Over the last five weeks, Minnesota has allowed the seventh-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to tight ends.
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