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Startem sitem SATURDAY SUNDAY Week 18 2022

By Brad Kruse

In this Start Em / Sit Em column each week, I'm looking to find some fringe players that you might consider starting each week and comment based on their matchups. Early on, I'll base my selection of candidates on where they were with respect to ADP. I'm not going to try to pad my stats by suggesting your start Josh Allen each week, but instead trying to dig deep and find some nuggets for players to avoid or to go after. These are coin flip guys and if I can finish the year at better than 60% I'll consider it a success. My metrics to get the start decision are: QB 20 pts or more, RB, WR or TE need to score 12 pts or more for a successful endorsement. Defense/Special Teams should put in 8 points or more to get those picks right. I'll look at ~3 players on each Thursday night's game and ~ 6 players for the rest of the week to get you going.

Player	Pos	Team	Opp	Start / Sit	Comment
Geno Smith	QB	SEA	LAR	START	Similar situation here where the Seahawks can get in if they win and Detroit wins. The Rams are just playing out the streak. Look for Geno to deliver enough to be startable.
Trevor Lawrence	QB	JAC	TEN	START	In week 18, you want to make sure the teams are in contention so their players will play or look for players that could step up. JAC vs TEN is for the division
Elijah Mitchell	RB	SF	ARI	START	There's some risk here. It does look like Mitchell will play and step into the number 2 role behind a banged up CMC who could use some extra rest. But Mitchell also could be on a snap count. The matchup is good.
Travis Etienne	RB	JAC	TEN	START	In week 18, you want to make sure the teams are in contention so their players will play or look for players that could step up. JAC vs TEN is for the division
Christian Kirk	WR	JAC	TEN	START	In week 18, you want to make sure the teams are in contention so their players will play or look for players that could step up. JAC vs TEN is for the division
Devonta Smith	WR	PHI	NYG	START	It sounds like the Giants, who are locked in to the 6th seed will rest many starters and the Eagles need the win to secure the top seed. Here you're looking to play Eagles players