Fantasy Football: Starting Player, Place Player: Derek Carr, JK Dobbins, Rashid Shaheed (2024)

Should they start or bench? Decisions about whether to start or bench in fantasy football can be agonizing. While it feels great to make the right decision and effortlessly ride to fantasy glory, it hurts just as much when someone on the bench freaks out. You can use our Who Should I Start? tool to get advice from fantasy football experts as you make your lineup decisions. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free with our My Playbook tool to get customized advice, rankings, and analysis.

Let’s take a look at some polarizing players and the recommendations of the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR).

Tips for starting and seating positions in fantasy football

Derek Carr (QB – NO) | QB14 for Week 3

Quarterbacks with a higher ECR than Carr:

• Brock Purdy (SF)
• Jared Goff (DET)
• Baker Mayfield (TB)

Quarterbacks with a lower ECR than Carr:

• Geno Smith (SEA)
• Sam Darnold (MIN)
• Justin Fields (PIT)

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

• Derek Carr or Baker Mayfield: 61% of experts chose Mayfield
• Derek Carr or Geno Smith: 67% of the experts chose Carr
• Derek Carr or Justin Fields: 96% of the experts chose Carr

JK Dobbins (RB – LAC) | RB23 for Week 3

The ECR is higher for running backs than for Dobbins:

• David Montgomery (DET)
• Aaron Jones (MIN)
• Zack Moss (CIN)

The ECR for running backs is lower than for Dobbins:

• D'Andre Swift (CHI)
• Zamir White (LV)
• Jerome Ford (CLE)

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

• JK Dobbins or Zack Moss: 73% of the experts chose Moss
• JK Dobbins or D'Andre Swift: 54% of experts chose Dobbins
• JK Dobbins or Zamir White: 65% of experts chose Dobbins

Rashid Shaheed (WR – NO) | WR24 for week 3

Wide receivers whose ECR is higher than Shaheed:

• Drake London (ATL)
• Steve Diggs (HOU)
• Tank Dell (HOU)

Wide receivers whose ECR is lower than Shaheed:

• Amari Cooper (CLE)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)
• George Pickens (PIT)

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

• Rashid Shaheed or Amari Cooper: 60% of experts chose Shaheed
• Rashid Shaheed or George Pickens: 75% of experts chose Shaheed
• Rashid Shaheed or Michael Pittman: 75% of experts chose Shaheed

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