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Fantasy football start or sit

Two players, one lineup slot, and a straight answer about which one to start.

No call yet for any week yet. We publish a start/sit call only when we have real weekly projections and real injury status for both players. We do not have those yet, so there is nothing here to read.

We would rather show you an empty page than a confident guess. Sportsbooks do not price individual skill players in preseason, because nobody knows who plays or for how long, so the market-implied numbers this tool is built on begin with the regular season. When they arrive, every call gets published with its reasoning, locked at kickoff, and graded against what actually happened.

How a call works here

Where does the start or sit recommendation come from?

The projection comes from the sportsbook markets on each player, not from an analyst ranking. If the books have not priced a player, we say so instead of filling the gap.

When can I act on a call?

The page is live while both games are still to kick off, so the call can be acted on before lineups lock.

What happens at kickoff?

It locks the moment the earlier of the two games starts. The call freezes exactly as it stood, with a banner saying the game has started. We never edit it afterwards.

How is a call graded?

Once both games are final it is graded: what we said, what happened, and whether we were right. The misses stay up.

Our running record lives on the start/sit record page, and it will read zero until we have graded a real call.

By week

By position

  • Quarterback start/sitAlmost all of a quarterback's points come from passing yards and passing touchdowns, so the weekly call usually turns on the matchup and the pace of the game rather than on volume.
  • Running back start/sitRunning back weeks live or die on workload: who gets the carries, who gets the goal-line work, and who is behind an injury on the same depth chart.
  • Wide receiver start/sitReceiver weeks are the most volatile on the board, because a single deep catch can outscore a full afternoon of short targets.
  • Tight end start/sitOutside the handful of tight ends who are really receivers, the position is thin enough that a modest projection can still be a start.
  • Flex start/sitThe flex slot is the one place running backs, receivers and tight ends compete directly, so it is the call that most often goes against position rank.
  • Defense start/sitDefensive scoring is driven by sacks, takeaways and the points the offence opposite them gives up, which makes the opponent the whole argument.
  • Kicker start/sitKicker weeks follow the offence in front of them: drives that stall in field goal range are worth more to a kicker than drives that score.

While there are no calls yet