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Fantasy football: Start-em, sit-em players for Week 10

ByJay Marsdale|
JACKSONVILLE, FL - OCTOBER 15: Leonard Fournette #27 of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates after a 75-yard touchdown in the first half of their game against the Los Angeles Rams at EverBank Field on October 15, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Logan Bowles/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FL - OCTOBER 15: Leonard Fournette #27 of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates after a 75-yard touchdown in the first half of their game against the Los Angeles Rams at EverBank Field on October 15, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Logan Bowles/Getty Images)
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ARLINGTON, TX – OCTOBER 08: Jordy Nelson #87 of the Green Bay Packers goes up for a touchdown pass against the Dallas Cowboys in the third quarter of a football game at AT&T Stadium on October 8, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX – OCTOBER 08: Jordy Nelson #87 of the Green Bay Packers goes up for a touchdown pass against the Dallas Cowboys in the third quarter of a football game at AT&T Stadium on October 8, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Sit-em: Jordy Nelson (GB) @ Chicago

The Green Bay offense is in shambles without quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Jordy Nelson is not the same player without Rodgers throwing him the ball. He needs to be out of your lineup unless he is an absolute last option.

To be honest, even with Rodgers, Nelson was having a very down season. New quarterback Brett Hundley does not have the same connection with Nelson and it is showing on the field. Nelson has yet to have a 100-yard performance this season and that streak is going to continue.

Nelson is always drawing the opponents best cornerback. This week, Chicago is going to force Nelson to beat a lot of double coverage as well. He is seeing less than 10 targets per game this season. The cards are stacked against Nelson for this week and the rest of 2017.

Drafting Nelson in the first or second round of your fantasy football draft was absolutely the right move, but he isn’t that type of player for the rest of this season. Nelson is no more than a FLEX play or a bench player at this point for fantasy football.

Other options: DeAndre Hopkins (HOU) @ Los Angeles Rams and Stefon Diggs (MIN) @ Washington