Week 2 Reflections

Howdy Fantasy Lovers, Fantasy Novices, and Fantasy Creatures! Welcome to Fantasy Football 101, where I, Kyle Bazin, will be sharing my opinions, experiences, and advice on Fantasy Football to you all.

“Snap back to reality! Oh there goes gravity!” I’m standing up over here Eminem. The REAL Slim Shady has arrived. The only silly thing is that with football, what really is reality? There is never a for sure win or a guaranteed 10 points, Justin Forsett… Nothing is constant and that’s what keeps us coming back. Hopefully, all of you did well in your week 2 matchups as I did. At least I was right about my projections last week in my reflections blog. Tight ends are back to normal, as are the Tennessee Titans. However, the only thing that is consistent this year is that Gronk and Tom Brady’s favorite TV channel is Spike TV. Anyways let’s get into this.

Week 2 was interesting for sure with the Raiders, Jags, Bucs and Browns all winning on the same day for the first time in HISTORY! And with upsets come head scratching fantasy players that should’ve performed well that… well… they were just plain horrible. But don’t press the panic button yet. Listen up Rooks!

Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints were ready to not only beat the Bucs, but they were ready to stomp them into oblivion. The only fantasy “relevant” player in the whole game was Mark Ingram (and Vincent Jackson if you started him). Where in the world was Mike Evans everyone screamed for? Targeted just 4 times with no catches. Jameis doesn’t even wanna look at him! Give Jameis some time to work up a rapport with Evans. He has hardly worked with Jameis in any practice/game/training camp, so Jackson was getting all the volume and the connection with him. Give it a few more weeks.

Allen Robinson torched the Miami Dolphins supposed good defense (I could have told you they were over-hyped), but don’t let that fool you. The best fantasy player on this offense is T.J. Yeldon because once they figure out they just need to double Robinson, Bortles loses his safety net and they will run the ball.. A LOT!

Owners of Miami Dolphins players. It’s almost time to panic. The Dolphins looked just OK against the Jags and ‘Skins. They should’ve torched them with the offense they have put Tanny around. The only player trust-worthy is the kicker Andrew Franks and Jarvis “Juice” Landry.

Last week, I forgot to include a part where I talk about people that I like as waiver additions. So this will be the inaugural week of that and starting off on that list is:

Carson Palmer, QB Arizona Cardinals: If you do not have one of the top 5 QBs or you currently have a hurt QB (Brees, Romo, Stafford, Tannehill) this is definitely a guy that should be on your roster. He plays extremely well in this offense when healthy and is a must-add.

Jordan Reed, TE Washington Redskins and Eric Ebron, TE Detroit Lions: TE’s are mostly inconsistent but (at least for the first 2 weeks), these guys are exception to that rule. If you couldn’t get Eifert in week 1, these guys are other great options because they are getting looks in the red zone. Now Ebron is more touchdown dependent than Reed is (Reed has more targets over the first 2 games), but either is still a good add.

Matt Jones, RB Washington Redskins or James Starks, RB Green Bay Packers: These are a couple of guys that I wouldn’t be looking at unless you have Lacy or Alfred Morris. Jones will continue to see a share of carries with Morris and although he looks really good early they still have Morris as the starter. Starks is purely a backup for Lacy but if he can’t go on Monday what a plug-and-play this guy would be.

Thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! Next blog, I will be writing about how strategy and tactics will help you in the long run even if it doesn’t help in week 1.