NFL Recap: Week 2 fantasy football lessons learned
NFL Recap: Week 2 fantasy football lessons learned
I’m mixing it up a bit and putting tight ends second for a reason. This was the week of tight ends. It was legitimately reasonable, for the first time I can remember, to actually play a two tight end lineup in DFS. Darren Waller was always going to be the chalk in fantasy football this week because of the Raiders price tags and the matchup, as previously mentioned. However, there were so many tight ends in good spots that weren’t that much more expensive than I fell into a trap of being unable to decide who to play. So instead I went with Waller and Engram which was reasonable I think. I stand by the decision given Engram’s price and his target share in week 1. What I did not take into account was the wildly inconsistent Eli Manning.
George Kittle was a really nice looking alternative and possible GPP play this past week going against the Bengals who have not looked particularly great. The Bengals are also throwing the ball a ton which leads to faster game scripts and more possessions for the other team. All of this bodes well for Kittle and the 49ers. Personally, I wasn’t big on Kittle outside of a few darts in GPPs due to Jimmy G. It’s a bias I can’t seem to get past. Luckily that bias kept me off of Kittle in daily fantasy football this week but I don’t want to get too caught up in being results-oriented. The key is to review your process and not have too much of a hindsight lens on. Shockingly, the 49ers put up a boatload of points and basically none of it was due to Kittle.
Mark Andrews was a guy I was targeting in all of my season-long fantasy football drafts and I’m really glad I stuck with it. He has been unbelievable through just two weeks so far this year. Something we want to take a look at with any pass-catcher aside from air yards is yards per route ran. The more athletic tight ends like Kelce and Kittle really come to mind where they’re running routes outside of the old fashioned 5 yard out. However, I was shocked to learn that through the first two weeks (tiny sample size but still), Andrews is leading the league by quite a bit in this stat, has gone over 100 yards receiving both weeks, and is leading the Ravens in target share. With Lamar Jackson showcasing his excellent passing skills seemingly out of nowhere, it’s nice to get the primary piece of that offense where you can.