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A place to keep my notes for Week 2 fantasy expectations...feel free to shred my perceptions....
Multiple offenses across the league looked out of synch, but this is to be expected.
So what reactions are not over-reactions?
Group 1
Below expectations offensive production in Week 1 include Pats, Bengals, Cardinals, Redskins, Seahawks, Giants, Titans and to a lesser extent Falcons, Steelers, Packers, Panthers.
Redskins (@Rams), Seahawks (hosting SF) and Titans (@Jax) MAY continue to struggle in Week 2.
Pats (@NO) and Bengals (hosting Houston) should bounce back, though the Pats defense MAY be broken even if Hightower returns and the trolls want to believe Brady is done rather than suffering from loss of Edelman and lack of integration of Allen and Cooks.
If Cardinals don't bounce back against the Colts, even without DJ, we have a serious problem.
Falcons (hosting GB), Steelers (hosting Minn), Packers (@Atl), Panthers (hosting Buf) should bounce back.
Group 2
Above is not including offense-deficient teams such as Jets, Brownies, No-luck Colts, Niners.
Brownies didn't look all that bad really and the Niners may be able to improve (but not @Seattle) as Hyde looked good and there were a lot of dropped passes.
It will be interesting to see if Kearse continues to lead Jets receivers, including when ASJ is back week 3, and if/when Petty gets handed the keys (soon I suspect).
Yesterday was the first day I heard analysts talking about not seeing Luck until Week 4 or 5. Fire Jim Irsay. Jerry Jones, Daniel Snyder and Irsay are bad for the league (/rant).
Group 3
Coming in at or above expectations: Chiefs (above), Bills, Bears, Ravens, Lions (above), Jags (above), Raiders, Eagles, Rams, Cowboys. Chiefs, Lions, Raiders and Eagles are interesting candidates for "legitimately improved production versus last year", as are the Rams (but at a lower level).
Lions at Giants is an interesting Week 2 matchup to look for confirmation of trends. Presumeably OBJ will be back but Giants Oline and Marshall's lack of production have to be a concern for fans.
Jags lost Robinson and may just be the beneficiaries of Tom Savage...concern will be that defenses key more on Fournette going forward.
Offensive Players of (Positive) Note / Let's see what happens
KC (all), Lions (passing game), Jags (small ball success), Bills (all), Bears (Cohen), Ravens (passing game), Brownies (Kizer), PHI (Smallwood and Algolor versus Blount and Jeffreys), LA (Kupp, Gurley), Sea (Carlson versus Lacy/Rawls), GB (Cobb, Montgomery), CAR (Stewart vs CMC)
Multiple offenses across the league looked out of synch, but this is to be expected.
So what reactions are not over-reactions?
Group 1
Below expectations offensive production in Week 1 include Pats, Bengals, Cardinals, Redskins, Seahawks, Giants, Titans and to a lesser extent Falcons, Steelers, Packers, Panthers.
Redskins (@Rams), Seahawks (hosting SF) and Titans (@Jax) MAY continue to struggle in Week 2.
Pats (@NO) and Bengals (hosting Houston) should bounce back, though the Pats defense MAY be broken even if Hightower returns and the trolls want to believe Brady is done rather than suffering from loss of Edelman and lack of integration of Allen and Cooks.
If Cardinals don't bounce back against the Colts, even without DJ, we have a serious problem.
Falcons (hosting GB), Steelers (hosting Minn), Packers (@Atl), Panthers (hosting Buf) should bounce back.
Group 2
Above is not including offense-deficient teams such as Jets, Brownies, No-luck Colts, Niners.
Brownies didn't look all that bad really and the Niners may be able to improve (but not @Seattle) as Hyde looked good and there were a lot of dropped passes.
It will be interesting to see if Kearse continues to lead Jets receivers, including when ASJ is back week 3, and if/when Petty gets handed the keys (soon I suspect).
Yesterday was the first day I heard analysts talking about not seeing Luck until Week 4 or 5. Fire Jim Irsay. Jerry Jones, Daniel Snyder and Irsay are bad for the league (/rant).
Group 3
Coming in at or above expectations: Chiefs (above), Bills, Bears, Ravens, Lions (above), Jags (above), Raiders, Eagles, Rams, Cowboys. Chiefs, Lions, Raiders and Eagles are interesting candidates for "legitimately improved production versus last year", as are the Rams (but at a lower level).
Lions at Giants is an interesting Week 2 matchup to look for confirmation of trends. Presumeably OBJ will be back but Giants Oline and Marshall's lack of production have to be a concern for fans.
Jags lost Robinson and may just be the beneficiaries of Tom Savage...concern will be that defenses key more on Fournette going forward.
Offensive Players of (Positive) Note / Let's see what happens
KC (all), Lions (passing game), Jags (small ball success), Bills (all), Bears (Cohen), Ravens (passing game), Brownies (Kizer), PHI (Smallwood and Algolor versus Blount and Jeffreys), LA (Kupp, Gurley), Sea (Carlson versus Lacy/Rawls), GB (Cobb, Montgomery), CAR (Stewart vs CMC)