NFL putting fantasy football managers through the spin cycle in 2024

The NFL is nothing if not a roller coaster ride. Almost everything that happened in Week 1 failed to happen in Week 2, and all the fantasy plays we lacked in Week 1 showed up for Week 2. If consistency is what you want, the WNBA is where it’s at. My fantasy rosters could surely use a Caitlin Clark right about now.

What consistency we can find in the NFL — looking at you, Saints! — was wholly unpredictable and still potentially hard to trust.

For example, I started Derek Carr and Rashid Shaheed against Carolina but benched them against Dallas’ “defense.” There’s a lot yet to learn about who and what most teams are going to be this season. One issue is that we saw very little of most NFL starters in the preseason this year, which left us largely guessing at usage and schemes.

What’s worse, injuries are piling up across the league early, creating even more chaos to sort through.

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Bengals receiver Andrei Iosivas is a prime example of what’s been happening when managers try to account for the evolving news cycle (be it injury and otherwise). Iosivas was an intriguing Week 1 plug-and-play with Ja’Marr Chase’s contract dispute unresolved and Tee Higgins suddenly ruled out, but his 26-yard outing in the opener ensured he was on your bench for Week 2’s two-touchdown game — admittedly with just seven yards receiving on four targets.

We act and we react. Or overreact. Or underreact. Usually some combination, right?

If you feel like a yo-yo, the top-scoring team in your league one week and at the bottom the next (or vice versa), you’re not alone. The question is, what do we do for Week 3 (and beyond)? Which version of events is the truth?

There are plenty of people out there who want to complicate fantasy football, but for me, it still comes down to talent, opportunity and matchup. We can debate absolute levels of talent or matchup, but most of us can generally…

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Publish date : 2024-09-17 18:51:09

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