Each Friday, Mike Johnson tackles lineup and trade dilemmas pulled from the OWS X and our Fantasy Football Discord channel. Real questions, real context, and actionable advice to guide you through the toughest calls of the week.
Some things in fantasy football are easy. We know we should start Puka Nacua and Bijan Robinson. We know we should bench the backup running back who is only on our roster in case of injury and the guy who was ruled out early in the week. A lot of the decisions are made for us. However, there are a lot of things that are not so simple. All of the “in between” situations are what can make the difference between a few wins and losses, and therefore it can be the difference between a successful season or a failed season. Every Friday, we are here to help!!
I’ll take questions each week in our #fantasy-football channel in our Discord from people looking for Start/Sit advice and give my thoughts. This article will feature a few of those questions and responses each Friday, so join our Discord to be a part of the conversation or ask questions of your own!!
Question 1 :: I have a playoff dilemma: Travis Kelce or Harold Fannin Jr.? (tdawg5636)
Answer :: A good problem to have, as I have both as top-six tight ends this week. My lean is slightly to Fannin as he comes off a massive game last week against the Titans. This game sets up as another spot where we would expect the Browns to be playing from behind and Fannin is very clearly the favorite target for Shedeur Sanders. The routes Fannin runs are such that a defense isn’t going to just take many of them away and the Bears are a great matchup. It won’t shock me if Fannin has double-digit targets once again this week and the only tight ends I would start over him this week are Trey McBride, Brock Bowers, George Kittle, and Kyle Pitts.
Question 2 :: Devin Neal, Woody Marks, Jaylen Warren, or Omarion Hampton? (Start Two) (Smitty)
Answer :: Marks is a lock here as he is coming off a game with a huge workload, Nick Chubb seems likely to miss this week, and the matchup is elite against a Cardinals defense that was just destroyed by both Kyren Williams and Blake Corum in Week 14. For the second spot, my lean is to Jaylen Warren for his Monday night showdown with the Dolphins. Hampton’s explosiveness is tempting and Neal should have a bell-cow role for the Saints, but I slightly prefer Warren over both.
Question 3 :: Tyler Warren or Isaiah Likely at tight end? (Steelcityboy)
