Fantasy Football Start/Sit Week 13

Start: Matthew Stafford (LAR @ CAR): Stafford is playing MVP-level ball with roughly 30 touchdowns to just a couple of picks and top-tier yardage, and now he gets a Panthers defense that has not been scaring any competent passers. Vegas has the Rams as big road favorites with a healthy total, so you bet on multiple red-zone trips and a ceiling game instead of trying to galaxy-brain a fade here.

Start: Sam Darnold (SEA v. MIN): Darnold has quietly stacked top-six numbers in yards and touchdowns while piloting an 8-3 Seahawks team, and he now gets a Vikings defense that looks good in yardage allowed but still yields fantasy lines when the pass rush does not get home. At home in a projected one-score game with a low-40s total and a revenge spot against his old team, you ride the volume and JSN chemistry rather than getting scared off by a few green matchup cells on a spreadsheet.

Sit: Caleb Williams (CHI @ PHI): Caleb’s line looks fine on the surface, but the efficiency and consistency are not there, and now he has to run a noisy road offense in Philly in prime time against a defense that’s been top-third at limiting quarterback fantasy production. With the Eagles favored by a touchdown in the league’s most hostile environment, you are betting on sacks, stalled drives, and head games, not some magical breakout against a playoff defense that eats.

Sit: Aaron Rodgers (PIT v. BUF): Rodgers is coming off a fractured wrist and just ceded a start to Mason Rudolph, and now he draws a Bills defense that has allowed bottom-three fantasy production to quarterbacks all season. In a game where Buffalo is a road favorite with a high total, you are praying for a shootout just to get him to a middling line, so sit the aging legend and let someone else take the matchup risk on name value alone.