Start them or sit them? Fantasy football start or seat decisions can be excruciating. While it feels good to make the right choice and cruise to fantasy glory, it hurts just as much when someone barges into your bench. You can use our Who Should I Start With page? tool to evaluate fantasy football expert advice when making your roster decisions. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free using our My Playbook tool for personalized tips, rankings and analysis.
Let’s take a look at some polarizing players and advice from fantasy football expert Derek Brown. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football perspectives in this week’s Fantasy Football Primer.
Tips on Scheduling Fantasy Football Start’ems and Sit’ems
Xavier Legette (RCA)
I don’t give much importance to Xavier Legette’s performance last week. We have much more experience of Legette as a league average receiver than one who will post nine receptions and 92 receiving yards. Legette has a 15.8% target share, 28.4 receiving yards per game (0.90 yards per route) and a 22.4% first read share. He is tied for the team lead in red zone targets while also seeing four deep targets. This week, he faces a Bills secondary that has used two at the sixth-highest rate (56.7%). Against two highs, Legette saw his target share remain stable at 15.6% with 0.79 yards per route run and a first read share of 21.4%. Legette is a low-end flex option this week with a good matchup.
Marvin Mims Jr. (LE)
Marvin Mims is the WR57 in fantasy points per game, but he has two weekly top-24 rankings this season (WR9, WR24) and is a viable flex play this week. Mims has a 47.5% route share with a 12.1% target share, 33.4 receiving yards per game (1.76 yards per route) and a 16.1% first read share. This week he faces a Dallas secondary that, in Weeks 1-6, had the ninth-highest rate (58.5%). Against two highs, he has a 13.9% target share, 1.16 yards per route run and an 18.2% first read share. The drop in efficiency is notable, but he could make up for that this week with his downfield role. Mims leads the team with 11 deep targets. Dallas has allowed the most passing yards per game and the most passing touchdowns. Dallas has the most PPR points per target and the fifth most receiving yards per game for perimeter receivers. Mims could have a breakout play or two this week and easily pay off as a flex in a high-scoring game environment.
Kayshon Boutte (NE)
Kayshon Boutte is the WR36 in terms of fantasy points per game, but he has been a flexible and volatile play this season. He has three weeks in the top 24 wide receivers (WR17, WR4, WR24), but he also had four games this season where he finished outside the top 50 wide receivers in scoring. Boutte has an 11.8% target share (17.2 aDOT) with 2.03 yards per route run and a 14% first read share. He leads the team with eight deep targets while only seeing one target in the red zone. This week, he faces a Cleveland pass defense that has the third-highest single high rate (61.2%). Against a single high, Boutte saw his target share increase to 15.5% with 2.30 yards per route run and a 15.5% first read share. Boutte’s role on the field might not be effective this week, however, against a Cleveland secondary that ranks 18th in deep pass rate and has held offenses to the fourth fewest deep passing yards per game. Boutte is a flexible dice rolling game that offers a nice ceiling, but it has an equally low floor. The Browns have allowed the tenth most PPR points per target to perimeter receivers.
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