Is Justin Fields worth starting in Week 1? | Fantasy Football Live

Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Andy Behrens weighs in on the last-minute decision by the Steelers to start the quarterback over Russell Wilson due to a calf injury.

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Maybe the most significant to many people, Russell Wilson with that calf this morning, the Steelers decided he will not be active, which means Justin Fields will start.

So, uh Andy Barns, any thoughts on Justin Fields now being the starting quarterback at least this week for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Yeah, he's immediately fantasy relevant.

I mean, we've, we've gone through this with Justin Fields before, right.

The, the significant rushing upside here means that in pretty much any week in which he's starting, he's a, he's a top 10 fantasy option.

I've got him as my QB 10 right now and that actually feels a little bit conservative, but he's also one of those guys where like this is, this is good for Justin and it is good for the opposing defense because we also know that Justin is probably gonna take five or six sacks.

He's, he's prone to giving the ball away.

So I don't, does this change the math for skilled players on the Steelers?

I don't think so, but that's more a reflection of my lack of confidence in Russell Wilson at this stage than it is my, my total confidence in, in Justin