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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 18? Bryce Young, Drake Maye, Russell Wilson, Jared Goff, Sam Darnold, Jordan Love, Geno Smith, Bo Nix, Mac Jones, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Justin Herbert

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Who Should I Start for Week 18? Fantasy Football outlooks for Bryce Young, Drake Maye, Russell Wilson, Jared Goff, Sam Darnold, Jordan Love, Bo Nix, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Justin Herbert.

Who Should I Start? Who Should I Sit? Some of the most common Week 18 fantasy football lineup decisions are regarding players like Bryce Young, Drake Maye, Russell Wilson, Jared Goff, Sam Darnold, Jordan Love, Geno Smith, Bo Nix, Mac Jones, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Justin Herbert. But not to worry, we are here to help make these decisions and build winning lineups in Week 18. Set your optimal fantasy football lineups for Week 18 of the 2024 NFL season. Our free Who Should I Start? tool will help make your fantasy football lineup decisions. Compare up to four NFL players, and we tell you who to start... all free! Get your winning lineups set, and make the right decisions.

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Week 18 Player Decisions. Today's focus in on specific players - Bryce Young, Drake Maye, Russell Wilson, Jared Goff, Sam Darnold, Jordan Love, Geno Smith, Bo Nix, Mac Jones, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Justin Herbert. These are some of the most common searches for fantasy football lineups in Week 18.

Using The Tool. This is a simple tool but very powerful. The first step is to enter the player names that you want to compare. In the first box, search for the first player name. In the second box, search for the second player name. Compare up to four NFL players at once, and then click the Who To Start? button to see who the recommended starts are based on weekly fantasy football matchups.

Recent Improvements For Who Should I Start? You may have noticed, our Who Should I Start? tool has gotten an overhaul. We've added lots of great features for you to give you as much information as possible to win your fantasy football matchups each week. You'll see NFL player tiles with headshots and bye weeks, enhanced search results with data to compare, and a slick new interface. We hope you enjoy!

How It Works. Each week our RotoBaller staff puts together their weekly fantasy football rankings and projections based on their research. That information is the core data that is powering the decision-making in this tool. When you search for player names, you will only see those players that are ranked. If someone is out for the week, they will not appear in the search results.

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Popular Week 18 Searches. Curious to see some tough lineup decisions for Week 18 (2024)? Below you will find a list of some popular Who Should I Start? searches that RotoBaller readers are looking at this week. Click any of the links to see the result and recommendation.

 

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Below are some popular searches and comparisons from our Who To Start tool for Week 18 for Bryce Young, Drake Maye, Russell Wilson, Jared Goff, Sam Darnold, Jordan Love, Geno Smith, Bo Nix, Mac Jones, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Justin Herbert:

Russell Wilson or Kyler Murray
Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold
Bo Nix or Kyler Murray
Bryce Young or Geno Smith
Jared Goff or Baker Mayfield
Justin Herbert or Kyler Murray
Michael Penixjr or Bryce Young
Lamar Jackson or Baker Mayfield
Aaron Rodgers or Drake Maye
Russell Wilson or Bo Nix
Geno Smith or Drake Maye
Jared Goff or Bo Nix
Joe Burrow or Sam Darnold
Jordan Love or Russell Wilson
Bo Nix or Justin Herbert
Jayden Daniels or Baker Mayfield
Jayden Daniels or Jared Goff
Jayden Daniels or Sam Darnold
Jordan Love or Justin Herbert
Lamar Jackson or Sam Darnold
Sam Darnold or Bo Nix
Anthony Richardson or Russell Wilson
Jared Goff or Sam Darnold
Joe Burrow or Baker Mayfield
Justin Herbert or Baker Mayfield
Kyler Murray or Jared Goff
Russell Wilson or Drake Maye
Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff
Bo Nix or Jared Goff
Bo Nix or Sam Darnold
Cj Stroud or Russell Wilson
Drake Maye or Bryce Young
Drew Lock or Mac Jones
Jayden Daniels or Russell Wilson
Joe Flacco or Mac Jones
Joshua Dobbs or Bryce Young
Kyler Murray or Bo Nix
Mac Jones or Bryce Young
Mason Rudolph or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Kyler Murray
Michael Penixjr or Drake Maye
Philadelphia Eagles or Sam Darnold
Anthony Richardson or Drake Maye
Anthony Richardson or Justin Herbert
Baker Mayfield or Justin Herbert
Baker Mayfield or Kyler Murray
Bo Nix or Russell Wilson
Brock Purdy or Bo Nix
Bryce Young or Russell Wilson
Caleb Williams or Mac Jones
Cj Stroud or Drake Maye
Cj Stroud or Geno Smith
Drake Maye or Geno Smith
Drake Maye or Geno Smith
Geno Smith or Mac Jones
Jalen Hurts or Sam Darnold
Joe Burrow or Jared Goff
Jordan Love or Jared Goff
Jordan Love or Kyler Murray
Jordan Love or Sam Darnold
Josh Allen or Baker Mayfield
Josh Allen or Kyler Murray
Joshua Dobbs or Drake Maye
Joshua Dobbs or Geno Smith
Justin Herbert or Geno Smith
Kyler Murray or Sam Darnold
Lamar Jackson or Jordan Love
Russell Wilson or Bryce Young
Russell Wilson or Bryce Young
Russell Wilson or Drake Maye
Russell Wilson or Jordan Love
Russell Wilson or Justin Herbert
Sam Darnold or Baker Mayfield
Sam Darnold or Jared Goff
Tua Tagovailoa or Jordan Love
Aaron Rodgers or Bryce Young
Aaron Rodgers or Bryce Young
Aaron Rodgers or Bryce Young
Aaron Rodgers or Geno Smith
Aaron Rodgers or Mac Jones
Anthony Richardson or Bo Nix
Anthony Richardson or Bo Nix
Anthony Richardson or Geno Smith
Anthony Richardson or Jordan Love
Baker Mayfield or Bo Nix
Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff
Baker Mayfield or Jordan Love
Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold
Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold
Bo Nix or Jared Goff
Brock Purdy or Jordan Love
Brock Purdy or Sam Darnold
Bryce Young or Drake Maye
Bryce Young or Drake Maye
Bryce Young or Justin Herbert
Bryce Young or Justin Herbert
Caleb Williams or Bo Nix
Caleb Williams or Drake Maye
Caleb Williams or Drake Maye
Caleb Williams or Russell Wilson
Caleb Williams or Russell Wilson
Cj Stroud or Jordan Love
Cooper Rush or Drake Maye
Drake Maye or Bo Nix
Drake Maye or Drake Maye
Drake Maye or Mac Jones
Drake Maye or Mac Jones
Drake Maye or Mac Jones
Drake Maye or Russell Wilson
Drake Maye or Russell Wilson
Drake Maye or Russell Wilson
Geno Smith or Jordan Love
Geno Smith or Mac Jones
Jameis Winston or Kyler Murray
Jared Goff or Bo Nix
Jared Goff or Drake Maye
Jared Goff or Justin Herbert
Jared Goff or Kyler Murray
Jared Goff or Sam Darnold
Jayden Daniels or Geno Smith
Jayden Daniels or Justin Herbert
Joe Burrow or Jordan Love
Joe Burrow or Justin Herbert
Joe Burrow or Russell Wilson
Joe Flacco or Geno Smith
Joe Flacco or Kyler Murray
Jordan Love or Mac Jones
Jordan Love or Russell Wilson
Josh Allen or Bo Nix
Josh Allen or Drake Maye
Josh Allen or Geno Smith
Josh Allen or Jordan Love
Josh Allen or Justin Herbert
Josh Allen or Sam Darnold
Joshua Dobbs or Mac Jones
Joshua Dobbs or Mac Jones
Joshua Dobbs or Mac Jones
Justin Herbert or Bo Nix
Justin Herbert or Bryce Young
Justin Herbert or Drake Maye
Justin Herbert or Russell Wilson
Justin Herbert or Russell Wilson
Kenny Pickett or Bryce Young
Kyler Murray or Bryce Young
Kyler Murray or Jordan Love
Kyler Murray or Justin Herbert
Kyler Murray or Russell Wilson
Kyler Murray or Russell Wilson
Lamar Jackson or Kyler Murray
Mac Jones or Geno Smith
Mac Jones or Geno Smith
Mason Rudolph or Mac Jones
Mason Rudolph or Mac Jones
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Jordan Love
Matthew Stafford or Russell Wilson
Michael Penixjr or Bryce Young
Michael Penixjr or Bryce Young
Michael Penixjr or Drake Maye
Michael Penixjr or Geno Smith
Michael Penixjr or Russell Wilson
Michael Penixjr or Russell Wilson
Michael Penixjr or Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson or Bryce Young
Russell Wilson or Bryce Young
Russell Wilson or Kyler Murray
Russell Wilson or Kyler Murray
Sam Darnold or Baker Mayfield
Sam Darnold or Baker Mayfield
Sam Darnold or Bo Nix
Sam Darnold or Drake Maye
Sam Darnold or Jordan Love
Sam Darnold or Justin Herbert
Sam Darnold or Kyler Murray
Tua Tagovailoa or Bryce Young
Tua Tagovailoa or Jared Goff
Tua Tagovailoa or Justin Herbert
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Justin Herbert



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