NFL Fantasy Football Week 18 Lineup Decisions: Starts, Sits, Sleepers, Busts to know for every game
In Fantasy Football, the matches are everything. The sequence in which you selected your players shouldn’t influence your weekly lineup choices, even though you drafted your team with specific goals and objectives in mind. Make sure you have the proper players in and the incorrect ones out by looking at who your athletes are playing with.
At this point, we may make some educated estimates based on healthy players, defensive systems, past performance, and important offensive statistics to determine which matchups will be simple and which will be difficult. The impact of the things we don’t know can be lessened by the knowledge we do have. Consequently, wiser selections ought to be taken.
Every game will be broken down to identify the players that aren’t clear starts and sits (because, let’s face it, you don’t need a coach telling you to start Christian McCaffrey). Based on the information provided, you should feel more at ease starting or sitting players. The finest feeling in the world is having confidence in your Fantasy lineup before the games begin.
CONTRACT INCENTIVES: Odell Beckham can receive bonuses for a number of stats, but the most likely one is five additional passes caught. He would receive a $250,000 bonus for that. How much, if at all, Beckham plays is uncertain.
John Harbaugh rested some of his starters, including Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews, two defenders, some of his linemen and his then-lead RB Mark Ingram back in 2019 when they had clinched the top spot and played a meaningless Week 17 game against the Steelers. They wound up steamrolling Pittsburgh 28-10 with, interestingly enough, Gus Edwards and Justice Hill rushing 31 times. This suggests that some Ravens starters might play, but they’re all uncertainties playing in a watered-down version of the offense with, presumably, Tyler Huntley starting. The defense could be close to full strength up front, but safety Kyle Hamilton and cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Brandon Stephens could all be held out. That makes the matchup a little bit more enticing for Mason Rudolph and a Steelers passing offense that’s been become incredibly efficient (11.1 yards per attempt leads all quarterbacks, and a 5.9% off-target rate is third best over the past two weeks).
