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You might not have all three of these players on your rosters unless you're in a ton of leagues, but sometimes things are out of your control in life. Maybe you couldn't help yourself and joined a bunch of random public leagues on ESPN or various Sleeper leagues. Maybe you play dynasty, redraft, and best ball.
Maybe you blow loads of cash on Daily Fantasy Sports as well. There are plenty of ways to enjoy fantasy football and be miserable by gambling away your money. But start-sit questions remain no matter what, and as long as this game exists, we'll do our best to answer them for you.
This is the third paragraph where we say something like let's dive in to three players you might have or something like that. Let's get on with it!
Should I Start Garrett Wilson for Fantasy Football?
New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson is a fine player to start as a WR2 this week. He's the WR8 on the season, but his consistency has been an issue. Regardless, he'll face a porous Los Angeles Rams secondary. The biggest problems with the Jets this year have been poor offensive line play, bad quarterback play, and bad coaching.
"I love the Jets. At the end of the day, they were the ones that believed in me. I can't be worrying about all that. Just going to finish these three games the right way."
Garrett Wilson was asked if he would like to stay with the Jets long-term: pic.twitter.com/gEbJKyoamZ
— Jets Videos (@snyjets) December 19, 2024
So everything other than Wilson's obvious talent is suspect. The vibes are also horrendous, and it looks like he wants to play somewhere else this year, but that doesn't mean he won't play hard to finish the year. The soft matchup is nice, though it's not great that he's the team's WR2 now.
Still, you shouldn't sit him.
Should I Start Keenan Allen for Fantasy Football?
He's a decent start, but his floor is very low. The Detroit Lions have been good against the slot in recent weeks, which is mostly where Allen plays, despite him catching five of his eight targets for 73 yards and two TDs against them in Week 13. The former Los Angeles Charger has been getting fed in garbage time lately.
The reports of Keenan Allen being cooked were greatly exaggerated.
With a 7️⃣3️⃣ yard 2️⃣ TD effort vs the Lions earlier this year and their current struggles with fielding healthy DBs, is Keenan a top 15 option this week⁉️pic.twitter.com/lKcVdboaY6
— PlayerProfiler NFL (@Profiler_NFL) December 20, 2024
But Detroit's defense has been decimated by injuries. Seriously, just look at the depth chart.
Updated Lions Depth Chart on ESPN
Look at all the red 🤯
Unbelievable pic.twitter.com/6QSZf9zM8I
— 313 Takes (@313takes) December 16, 2024
We're going to break tradition here and just list the injured players on defense without their injuries in parentheses. Aidan Hutchinson, Nate Lynn, Alim McNeill, Kyle Peko, David Bada, Mekhi Wingo, John Cominsky, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Alex Anzalone, Derrick Barnes, Malcolm Rodriguez, Carlton Davis III, Ifeatu Melifonwu, Ennis Rakestraw Jr., and Khalil Dorsey.
Yeah... and Allen still looks pretty solid, and the targets have been nice. So he's an okay start in leagues with 12 or more teams.
Should I Start Jameson Williams for Fantasy Football?
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams' performances lately have been less inspiring, so he's another player we'd start in 12+ team leagues. It's the playoffs, though, so most teams that have made it this far hopefully have better options. But he's an okay-ish WR3/FLEX.
Jared Goff launched this ball ~60 yards in the air just to hit Jameson Williams perfectly in the hands (please do not ask what happened next) pic.twitter.com/exm6lD7xp0
— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) December 15, 2024
Drop issues will likely follow him throughout his career. But with the Lions defense so thin because of injuries, they may need to start throwing the ball a lot more to keep up. And the injury to key running back David Montgomery (knee) could force the team to call more pass plays anyway. He's not extremely exciting to start, but he's a solid option.
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