Start or Sit These IDP Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy

I think the old adage of “Do not overreact to Week 1” may need to get extended to Week 2 now that we are having a 17 game NFL season. With teams having starters play even less than before in the preseason we are seeing a lot of weird games even this week. With some games blowing up in scoring that we did not expect to see on both sides (Minnesota vs Arizona) and some lower scoring games that most expected (Dallas vs LA Chargers and Philadelphia vs San Francisco).

There is a lot we have yet to learn this season and that is even more true on the IDP side where we have had bunches of injuries and more rotations than expected.

With that said let’s get into who we think will help take you home to that fantasy football win on Monday Night Football!

Defensive Linemen

Start or Sit These IDP Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy – Kenny Clark

Entire Defensive Line – Detroit Lions – Sit

This feels like a bit of a cop out, and it is, but with the Lions switching to more of a base 3-4, I do not want anything to do with the 3 in the 3-4, as they are in a heavy rotation. Now if you still have leauges where Trey Flowers and Romeo Okwara are listed as defensive lineman, I am fine starting them. They will play standing up and with a hand in the dirt, but going off how the team classifies them, I am going over them in the linebackers

Kenny Clark – Green Bay Packers – Start

Kenny Clark is the only defensive linemen, as classified by their teams, that I want to start. He can play all across the line for the Packers, and had a nice game for DT/IL player, with 3 solos and 2 assits in Week 1. With the Lions expected to run a lot he will have plenty of chances to match that, and even get on the board with a TFL or two. If the Packers offense gets going he will have a chance to get to Goff too.

Linebackers

Start or Sit These IDP Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy -Alex Anzalone

Jamie Collins Sr – Detroit Lions – Sit

Collins did not look great this preseason and that continued into Week 1 where he only played 67% of the snaps. He ended with 3 solos and 2 assists which is not what you want in a starting linebacker. Jamie is more of a veteran prescene on this team than a reliable fantasy option.

Alex Anzalone – Detroit Lions – Start

Anzalone played 100% of the snaps and while he did not show well on the stat sheet, he is the signal caller and the Lions best coverage linebacker (of their starters). He will be busy this week and with the Packers offensive line struggling I do not think he will have the same issue in getting on the stat sheet that he had last week.

Krys Barnes & De’Vondre Campbell – Green Bay Packers – Start

Campbell played 93% of snaps last week with Barnes getting 78%. Barnes had the better week for fantasy (7 solos and 1 assist to Campbell’s 5 solos and 1 assist) but both did alright. I expect Detroit to continue to try and run the ball, which makes both viable starters.

Edge

Trey Flowers & Romeo Okwara – Detroit Lions – Start