Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em Week 13: Rounding Up Latest Expert Advice on the Web

We’re in fantasy crunch time, folks. You can’t afford to start the wrong player or keep a potential breakthrough performer on the bench. Doing so could be the difference between a playoff spot and another season of heartbreak.

Below, we’ll break down some of this week’s most intriguing start ’em, sit ’em options, relying on the analysis of fantasy writers around the Internet to support those claims.

    

Matt Camp’s Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em Advice

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Quarterback

Start ‘Em: Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers may not be very good, but Colin Kaepernick has been excellent for fantasy owners since being named the team’s starter. Following the team’s Week 8 bye, Kaepernick has averaged 23.7 fantasy points over the past four weeks.

Just as importantly, he faces a Chicago Bears defense this week that has given up 17 or more fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks in six of their past nine games.

And the Bears aren’t at full strength, as Nick Mensio of Rotoworld (via Yahoo Sports) noted:

Coming off yet another monster game where he put up over 30 fantasy points in a narrow road loss to the Dolphins, Kaepernick gets another plum spot against a Bears defense that has been depleted by injuries and suspensions. Last week at this time, ILB Jerrell Freeman was handed a four-game suspension. And in the loss to the Titans, the Bears lost their other starting ILB, Danny Trevathan, to a torn patellar tendon. Those two are the anchors of the defense. 

Any way you slice it, Kaepernick is a great start this week.

     

Sit ‘Em: Eli Manning, New York Giants

Eli Manning has been very solid over the past four weeks, averaging 18.7 fantasy points during that duration. But Manning has never been elite this season, making him very tough to trust in any tough matchup since his ceiling isn’t very high to begin with in 2016.

The Pittsburgh Steelers represent a tough matchup.

The Steelers are giving up 14.2 fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks per week, sixth in the NFL, have allowed opposing quarterbacks to throw for two touchdowns just four times this year (and haven’t given up more passing touchdowns in a game than that) and have given up over 300 passing yards just once in their last eight games.

And even during Manning’s “hot streak,” some of his stats are concerning.

As Michael Beller of SI.com wrote: “He has had fewer than 260 yards in all four games while totaling 6.42 YPA. There is some hope that this could be a high-scoring game with the Steelers’ offense playing at home, but Manning’s lack of efficiency is hard to trust in an environment like Heinz Field. He’s no more than a mid-tier QB2.”

In other words, sit him.

      

Running Back

Start ‘Em: Jordan Howard, RB, Chicago Bears

Jordan Howard is a possible entry on articles like this as a start ’em contender this week, and for good reason. The fact that the 49ers have given up the most fantasy points to …

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