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

Mike Gesicki (TE – CIN) | TE9 for Week 10

The ECR has higher tight ends than Gesicki:

• Dalton Kincaid (BUF)
• Taysom Hill (NO)
• Kyle Pitts (ATL)

Tight ends have a lower ECR than Gesicki:

• Mark Andrews (BAL)
• TJ Hockenson (MIN)
• Jake Ferguson (DAL)

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

• Mike Gesicki or Dalton Kincaid: 67% of experts chose Kincaid
• Mike Gesicki or Taysom Hill: 75% of experts chose Hill
• Mike Gesicki or Mark Andrews: 78% of experts chose Gesicki
• Mike Gesicki or TJ Hockenson: 89% of experts chose Gesicki

Chase Brown (RB – CIN) | RB18 for Week 10

The ECR has higher running backs than Brown:

• Tyrone Tracy Jr (NYG)
• Kareem Hunt (KC)
• James Conner (ARI)

The ECR has fewer running backs than Brown:

• JK Dobbins (LAC)
• David Montgomery (DET)
• Chuba Hubbard (ZAR)

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

• Chase Brown or Tyrone Tracy Jr.: 78% of experts chose Tracy Jr.
• Chase Brown or Kareem Hunt: 74% of experts chose Hunt
• Chase Brown or JK Dobbins: 56% of experts chose Brown
• Chase Brown or David Montgomery: 74% of experts chose Brown

Diontae Johnson (WR – BAL) | WR47 for Week 10

ECR’s wide receivers are higher than Johnson’s:

• Ricky Pearsall (SF)
• Demarcus Robinson (LAR)
• Jalen Coker (ZAR)

Wide receiver has lower ECR than Johnson:

• Jalen Tolbert (DAL)
• Joshua Palmer (LAC)
• Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (TEN)

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

• Diontae Johnson or Ricky Pearsall: 67% of experts chose Pearsall
• Diontae Johnson or Demarcus Robinson: 52% of experts chose Robinson
• Diontae Johnson or Jalen Tolbert: 59% of experts chose Johnson
• Diontae Johnson or Joshua Palmer: 63% of experts chose Johnson

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