{"id":841975,"date":"2026-09-09T17:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/841975\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:32:12","slug":"nfl-fantasy-2026-start-em-sit-em-running-backs-for-week-1-latest-nfl-news-analysis-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/841975\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Fantasy 2026 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em: Running backs for Week 1 | Latest NFL News, Analysis & Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey there, reader! I\u2019m Matt. Most people call me Okada (there are too many Matts in the world). For the next 17 weeks, I\u2019ll be your guide on the Start \u2018Em, Sit \u2018Em fantasy journey.<\/p>\n

As always, Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em is geared toward helping fantasy managers make difficult roster decisions. You won\u2019t see \u201cstart Jahmyr Gibbs\u201d or \u201csit Ben Skowronek\u201d here. Instead, I’m exploring the players closer to the perceived fringe and aiming to optimize your lineups for another weekly win! Importantly, the new \u201cStart of the Week\u201d and \u201cSit of the Week\u201d are the calls I have deemed the most notable in each category, not necessarily the most necessary players to start or sit.<\/p>\n

Also, you\u2019ll see quite a few references in this year\u2019s column to NFL Pro,<\/a> and the insights it provides through Next Gen Stats data dashboards, matchup evaluations, All-22 film, and the uniquely trained Fantasy AI Assistant. You can get access to all those tools yourself with an NFL+ Premium subscription<\/a>!<\/p>\n

P.S. Feel free to follow me on X — @MattOkada<\/a> — and hit me with your questions, congratulations or complaints throughout the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hey there, reader! I\u2019m Matt. Most people call me Okada (there are too many Matts in the world).…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[113796,31119,115047,66380,11626,54686,20022,118579,118577,349,6257,96363,51347,106303,99,106302,51342],"class_list":["post-841975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-bhayshul-tuten","tag-bucky-irving","tag-chuba-hubbard","tag-dandre-swift","tag-fantasy","tag-fantasy-football-analysis","tag-jaylen-warren","tag-jonathon-brooks","tag-marshawn-lloyd","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-rhamondre-stevenson","tag-rj-harvey","tag-sit-em","tag-sports","tag-start-em","tag-tony-pollard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}