Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em Week 13: Flex, PPR Advice for Fringe Fantasy Football Stars

We’ve reached Week 13 of the 2016 season, and many of you have now reached your fantasy playoffs. Many others are entering the home stretch of their fantasy regular season, so now is a critical time of year for all but the unlucky ones who have been eliminated.

For those Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars of the fantasy world, it’s time to look ahead to next year. For those in the postseason or still in the running for it, it’s time to focus on the week at hand and the roster decisions that come with it.

We’re here to lend a helping hand with our Week 13 advice for fringe fantasy stars. We’re not talking about must-start players like Antonio Brown, Julio Jones or Ezekiel Elliott—if you’ve been benching those guys, there’s a problem. We’re talking about those borderline stars, those players who are starting-quality but who aren’t always the best lineup choice.

We’ll be examining players to start and sit for each skill position, and we’ll be basing our choices on factors like past performances, projected role, player health and matchups.

Good luck!

Start ‘Em: Eli Manning, QB, New York Giants

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is one of those signal-callers who can be downright deadly when the chips are up and a complete fantasy disaster when things aren’t going so well. Last week was one of those better weeks, as he had a matchup with the lowly Cleveland Browns.

Manning finished with just 194 yards passing, but he had three touchdowns on the day.

This week could bring a similar performance for Manning, though we believe he’ll have to throw for more yards. The Giants are visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers, who can put up points in bunches but who also have a defense that is susceptible to the pass.

On average, Pittsburgh surrenders 263.5 passing yards per game. Expect Manning to hit somewhere around the 250-yard mark with two or three scores to his credit.

Sit ‘Em: Andy Dalton, QB, Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is similar to Manning in the sense that he can be an up-and-down fantasy performer. Unfortunately, Dalton has been more down this season because of his inability to find the end zone.

Dalton has just 12 passing touchdowns on the year. He scored just once last week against the Baltimore Ravens …

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