2023 - Week 2 Recap

Week 2

The battle of the Krause brothers ended with Kyle taking down Kent's newly renamed team...

Zach Moss and Nico Collins seem like shrewd waiver moves, as Moss logged 22 touches with Jonathan Taylor still MIA, and Collins has 226 yards through 2 weeks.

With Jonathan Taylor, Kupp, and Kamara waiting in the wings on his bench, it could be a pretty scary lineup to face when these guys return to action.

I guess Kent (and all of us) learned that Joshua Kelley is actually not Austin Ekeler.  He put up a very lackluster performance, although the Titans do look like a tough team to run on.

Josh Jacobs totaled -2 rushing yards.. which has to be the first time in (forever?) that the previous year's rushing leader ended a game with negative rushing yardage.  Mark Andrews was his only player that found the endzone.  It's been a rough start, but he has a date with Luke in Week 3 to try to right the ship.

Can we talk about Dan having the highest score of the week?  Nah?  ok moving on.

alright fine, we'll talk about it.

I don't know what else can be said about Justin Jefferson.  The guy just turned 24, and he now has more career receiving yards than any Chicago Bears player in their team's history.  He's on pace for 2,600 receiving yards.

Tee Higgins rebounded from his week 1 disappearing act by putting up a 2-TD performance in week 2.  D'Andre Swift was riding Dan's bench this week (understandably, after doing nothing last week), but netted 30 touches in Week 2, and it will be hard to argue against giving him a larger role in the offense going forward.

The Dacken bros get to fight it out in Week 3.

Brice (aka Bijan Mustard), as it often goes in fantasy football, put up one of the highest scores of the week, but came up a few points short.  

Bijan Robinson seems to be the real deal, and is going to have some massive games in that offense. 

Is Kyle Pitts ever going to be good?  Feels like we've been waiting for him to breakout for like 3 years now, as he's been destroying manager's hopes and dreams week after week.

We clearly undervalued how good Mike Evans still is.  Also helps that he is a touchdown monster.  He's the #2 WR on the year.

Zach's expectations have gotta be rising after taking out Ramsey this week and moving to 2-0.  Kelce returned to action this week and scored, although didn't factor too much more into this game.  

Geno Smith had a nice bounceback performance, and Kenneth Walker appeared to re-establish himself as the cornerstone of the Seahawks backfield with a 2 TD game.  And I don't often discuss defenses, but Dallas now has 52 points through 2 weeks... yep, that is helpful.

Ramsey's probably scratching his head after this week.  Breece Hall had just 4 carries in the Jets game.  In a (now deleted) tweet, Breece Hall just posted 4 football emojis and "..."

Pat Freiermuth is keeping a consistent pace with 1 reception per game so far in 2023.  And Ja'Marr Chase has been feeling the Bengals' struggles, with just 70 receiving yards through 2 weeks.

BUT it's not all bad news.. Even though they were riding the bench this week, Raheem Mostert is now the #5 RB, and Kirk Cousins is somehow the #1 QB on the season.  Ramsey will look to figure out how to optimize his lineup in week 3 vs Kyle.

Jordan got in the winning column by outscoring Tom's team, on the backs of a multi-score game from T.J. Hockenson and solid performance from Davante Adams. Unfortunately, it appears Nick Chubb will be out for the remainder of the season after a brutal knee injury in last night's game.  If you want to find the video, it's out there.  But I wouldn't be eating anything while pulling it up.

Luckily for Jordan, Kyren Williams looks like the real deal, and should be able to plugged into his lineup for the foreseeable future.  Used both on the ground and through the air, he seems like a versatile back that can't easily be game-scripted out.

Tom's lone bright spot this week might be James Cook (aka Dalvin's 'lil brother).  His usage in both the rushing & receiving game is promising, on a high-powered Bills offense that has the capability of scoring a ton of points at will.

Mr. Najee Harris (and the entire Steelers offense) however, look...not great.

George Kittle has also been surprisingly quiet on a 49ers team that simply may not need to utilize one of their best weapons that often.  No doubt he will put up some big games throughout the year, as he's a defense's nightmare.

Tom will hope to tally a win in the brother v. brother matchup in Week 3.

Christian McCaffrey, Keenan Allen, and company gave my team enough to move to 2-0 vs Luke this week.

Mostly solid games for Luke out of Olave, Henry, Metcalf, etc..  and at this point, we kind of expect a 30-point game out of Tyreek Hill, so it's disappointing when he has a mediocre outing.

Luke will have to fend off Kent's pissed-off team in week 3.

Week 2 in the books, best of luck this week, gentlemen.

Cheers!

- Eric