Fantasy Football: 6 players who will make or break your Week 1 lineups

It’s Week 1! After months of agonizing over ADP, it’s finally time to set your fantasy football lineups and make tough decisions that will make or break your week.

What makes a “make or break” player? Every week, we have players who we start without question. We never hesitate to start players like Tyreek Hill and Jonathon Taylor. Even players in slightly lower tiers like Jaylen Waddle and DeVonta Smith fall into the category of start-your-studs in the vast majority of leagues.

Lineup questions are a bit more straightforward in Week 1 because we don’t have many injury issues or bye weeks. However, we still have borderline players in matchups that could absolutely make or break our lineups. Starting the right or wrong player could define your fantasy week. Which players should you lean into and take a risk with in Week 1 and which players should you leave on ice?

Devin Singletary, RB, New York Giants

No one wants to start Singletary, but if you need to start him, he’s ripe for the picking in Week 1. Minnesota’s run defense was strong in 2023, allowing an average of just 17.21 fantasy points per game in half-PPR. However, they suffered significant losses on defense. Combine those losses with a downgrade at quarterback and you’ve got a recipe for a close, low-scoring game where the Giants can use a balanced attack. Singletary will see volume as the lead back and is a potentially risky but viable RB2 or flex option.

Will Singletary make or break your lineup in Week 1?

Singletary is the clear RB1 in a good matchup on a team that doesn’t want to push heavy pass volume. Last season, he pushed Dameon Pierce out and took over as the Texan’s RB1 in Week 9. From that point forward, Singletary was RB12 in total points. Rookie Tyrone Tracy Jr. may threaten his workload as the season moves forward but for now, start Singletary.

Rashid Shaheed, WR, New Orleans Saints

At first glance, this seems like a counterintuitive “make or break” player if you look at the…

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Publish date : 2024-09-05 15:01:51

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