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Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy
Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy
Week One’s Monday Night Football matchup in Las Vegas was a crazy, highly entertaining game in which the Raiders won their home opener 33-27 over the visiting Baltimore Ravens in overtime. In Week 2, we get two NFC North divisional rivals looking to bounce back from Week 1 losses. The Detroit Lions visit Green Bay to challenge the Packers.
Hopefully you entered Week 2 looking to go 2-0, but rest assured, if you are 0-1 and looking to even your record his week, all is good. The fantasy season goes quickly but it is a marathon not a sprint. Fantasy football is a four month journey that hopefully concludes in a fantasy championship. I will be with you every step of the way with recommendations on who to start and who to sit for every Monday Night Football matchup.
With out further ado, let’s make the moves required to wrap up your Week 2 victory.
Quarterback
Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy
Jared Goff – Detroit Lions – Sit
The Los Angeles Rams wanted to rid themselves of Jared Goff and his massive contract prior to the 2021 season. As a result, LA ended up sending Goff to Detroit along with a third-round pick in 2021 and first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 for Matthew Stafford. That’s a lot to give up to move a player, regardless of what the deal nets you.
Goff started off his Lions career looking extremely uncomfortable, but steadily improved as the game moved along. In the end, Goff completed 38 of his 57 pass attempts for 338 yards, 3 TDs and a pick. That all added up to 29.92 points and a QB3 finish.
There will be plenty of weeks this season that Jared Goff is a starting fantasy QB based on volume alone. Week 2, however, is not one of them. On the road in Green Bay on Monday Night, despite the fact the Lions will be trailing and throwing a ton, is not the best scenario for Goff.
The Packers got rolled up last week in Jacksonville against the New Orleans Saints 38-3. The team as a whole will bounce back in this one, the defense included. I’d consider Goff in a Superflex or 2 QB league, but in a 1QB format he’s going to be on my bench.
Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay Packers – Start
Aaron Rodgers was the MVP in 2020, and Aaron Rodgers was QB34 in Week 1. That is pretty hard to fathom in a 32 team league. Rodgers finished 15/28 for 133 yards with no TDs and 2 interceptions.
From 2018-2020 Rodgers threw 11 interceptions on 1,692 pass attempts (.65%). On Sunday, he threw 2 on 28 pass attempts, (7.14%). So what do we do with Aaron Rodgers in Week 2? Well you start him, that’s what.
This isn’t a tough decision, and one that would have been seen as a no-brainer prior to a week ago. There may be some fantasy managers that are scared off by his 3.32 point outing last week and I get it, but don’t be. Nothing cures a slump like facing the Detroit Lions. Opposing QBs threw all over the Lions a season ago to the tune of 4,753 yards and 38 touchdowns. The yards were second worst and the touchdowns the worst.
Last week Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance combined for 314 passing yards and a pair of scores. So, as Aaron Rodgers would say, R-E-L-A-X, and start him with confidence.
Running Back
Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy
D’Andre Swift – Detroit Lions – Start
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By Sully's Two CentsStart or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy
Week One’s Monday Night Football matchup in Las Vegas was a crazy, highly entertaining game in which the Raiders won their home opener 33-27 over the visiting Baltimore Ravens in overtime. In Week 2, we get two NFC North divisional rivals looking to bounce back from Week 1 losses. The Detroit Lions visit Green Bay to challenge the Packers.
Hopefully you entered Week 2 looking to go 2-0, but rest assured, if you are 0-1 and looking to even your record his week, all is good. The fantasy season goes quickly but it is a marathon not a sprint. Fantasy football is a four month journey that hopefully concludes in a fantasy championship. I will be with you every step of the way with recommendations on who to start and who to sit for every Monday Night Football matchup.
With out further ado, let’s make the moves required to wrap up your Week 2 victory.
Quarterback
Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy
Jared Goff – Detroit Lions – Sit
The Los Angeles Rams wanted to rid themselves of Jared Goff and his massive contract prior to the 2021 season. As a result, LA ended up sending Goff to Detroit along with a third-round pick in 2021 and first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 for Matthew Stafford. That’s a lot to give up to move a player, regardless of what the deal nets you.
Goff started off his Lions career looking extremely uncomfortable, but steadily improved as the game moved along. In the end, Goff completed 38 of his 57 pass attempts for 338 yards, 3 TDs and a pick. That all added up to 29.92 points and a QB3 finish.
There will be plenty of weeks this season that Jared Goff is a starting fantasy QB based on volume alone. Week 2, however, is not one of them. On the road in Green Bay on Monday Night, despite the fact the Lions will be trailing and throwing a ton, is not the best scenario for Goff.
The Packers got rolled up last week in Jacksonville against the New Orleans Saints 38-3. The team as a whole will bounce back in this one, the defense included. I’d consider Goff in a Superflex or 2 QB league, but in a 1QB format he’s going to be on my bench.
Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay Packers – Start
Aaron Rodgers was the MVP in 2020, and Aaron Rodgers was QB34 in Week 1. That is pretty hard to fathom in a 32 team league. Rodgers finished 15/28 for 133 yards with no TDs and 2 interceptions.
From 2018-2020 Rodgers threw 11 interceptions on 1,692 pass attempts (.65%). On Sunday, he threw 2 on 28 pass attempts, (7.14%). So what do we do with Aaron Rodgers in Week 2? Well you start him, that’s what.
This isn’t a tough decision, and one that would have been seen as a no-brainer prior to a week ago. There may be some fantasy managers that are scared off by his 3.32 point outing last week and I get it, but don’t be. Nothing cures a slump like facing the Detroit Lions. Opposing QBs threw all over the Lions a season ago to the tune of 4,753 yards and 38 touchdowns. The yards were second worst and the touchdowns the worst.
Last week Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance combined for 314 passing yards and a pair of scores. So, as Aaron Rodgers would say, R-E-L-A-X, and start him with confidence.
Running Back
Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 2 Fantasy
D’Andre Swift – Detroit Lions – Start