Another Sunday slate has wrapped in the NFL season, giving us plenty of data to digest as fantasy football managers. As always, there were studs and duds throughout the weekend, with plenty of notable names resurfacing, while other surprising prospects either exceeded or failed to meet our expectations.
Week 1 gave us a lot of point totals that went under and it was clear offenses were still trying to shake off the rust, especially most of the high-profile starters who didn’t play meaningful snaps in the preseason. Week 2, however, saw nearly every game go over the expected point total, creating a lot of dramatic, high-scoring shootouts with tons of fantasy production to be found.
Matt MacKay is back with his latest analysis on some of the best and worst performances that happened in Week 2. Using half-PPR scoring, let’s find out which players delivered for fantasy teams and which ones failed to produce in a Week 2 edition of fantasy football studs and duds. Let’s check out a few of the studs from Week 2.
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Fantasy Football Studs
Brian Robinson Jr. (RB – WAS)
Credit Washington’s first-year OC, Eric Bienemy, with upgrading the play-calling in Washington. As a result, the Commanders have appeared to entrust second-year running back, Brian Robinson Jr., with a full workload as the RB1 in Washington’s offense. It’s a young team but Robinson dominated touches in Week 2, handling 78 percent of carries en route to two rushing touchdowns, good enough to be the overall RB1 after Sunday’s slate in Week 2. As long as Robinson continues handling a significant portion of touches in the Commanders’ backfield, he’s a locked and loaded RB2 with RB1 upside.
D’Andre Swift (RB – PHI)
We finally got to witness the D’Andre Swift experience against Minnesota in Week 2, as the versatile running back went from 0.5 fantasy points in Week 1, to 25.6 in Week 2. Swift took advantage of the holes the Eagles’ offensive line created against the Vikings, finishing with 31 touches for 181 scrimmage yards and a touchdown. This resulted in the overall RB2 finish, so playing behind the best offensive line, the sky is the limit for Swift. Fringe RB1 with top-five upside moving forward.
Mike Evans (WR – Buccaneers)
Baker Mayfield as QB1 has turned out to be a good thing for Mike Evans. All the chatter surrounding Evans’ contract overshadowed how dominant he can be when he’s receiving over a 25 percent target share. Evans has four more targets than Chris Godwin (WR – Bucs), plus he’s scored touchdowns in back-to-back games to open up the 2023 season. He’s a high-end WR2 with WR1 upside in PPR formats rest of season.
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