Fantasy football · Week 2
Start 'em, sit 'em: Week 2, 2026
Full-PPR and guillotine calls for every week of the season, updated each morning through Sunday and graded against what actually happened.
Raiders · PPR · Guillotine · FAAB
Week 2 of the 2026 season, with Detroit at Buffalo already in the books from Thursday. The injury list sets the board: Brock Bowers is doubtful after a knee procedure, Nico Collins (hamstring) is out for Houston, Zay Flowers (hamstring) is doubtful for Baltimore, Ladd McConkey (rib) is questionable for the Chargers, and Kyler Murray (concussion) and Sam Darnold are out, so Carson Wentz and Drew Lock start again. For the Raiders, the account is simple: Ashton Jeanty took 70% of the carries and 21% of the targets in Week 1, and the rest of the offense produced 160 passing yards. At the Chargers as 6.5-point underdogs with an 18.5-point implied total, Jeanty is the only Raider we trust at the PPR lines. The approach this week is to buy vacated targets (Dalton Schultz, Mark Andrews, Stefon Diggs) and fade Week 1 box scores built on touchdowns rather than role (Jalen Coker, Parker Washington, Trevor Lawrence).
Raiders
| Player | PPR | Guillotine |
|---|---|---|
| Brock Bowers D | Sit | Sit |
| Jalen Nailor | Sit | Sit |
| Tre Tucker | Sit | Sit |
| Kirk Cousins | Sit | Sit |
| Jack Bech | Sit | Sit |
| Ashton Jeanty | Start | Start |
| Michael Mayer | Start | Start |
Reasons for each call are in the PPR and guillotine lists below.
Full PPR
Start 'em
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Start Ashton Jeanty
23 carries, 6 targets and 73% of the snaps in Week 1 for 32.7 points. He handles 70% of the rushing attempts and ran a route on 61% of dropbacks, so even as a 6.5-point road underdog the receiving work keeps him well over 14.
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Start David Montgomery
20 carries, three touchdowns and the goal-line job in Week 1. Nico Collins is out, which pushes more of the offense onto the run game, and Cincinnati allows the fifth-highest rushing success rate. Houston is implied for 24 points at home.
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Start Kyren Williams
Handled all four Rams red-zone rushes in Week 1 on a 63% snap share. The Rams are 7-point home favorites with a 27.75-point implied total, and the Giants rank middle of the pack in stuff rate. Touchdown equity carries him to the line.
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Start Travis Etienne Jr.
Nine targets and seven catches in Week 1 on top of nine carries. New Orleans is an 8.5-point underdog in Baltimore, which is the script that feeds his receiving role, and the Ravens allowed the league's highest explosive run rate in the opener.
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Start Dalton Schultz
Eight targets and a 21% target share in Week 1 with Nico Collins healthy. Collins is out Sunday, and Cincinnati gave up the third-most yards per target to tight ends last season. Volume alone should clear 10.
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Start Mark Andrews
24% target share and 26% first-read share in Week 1. Zay Flowers is doubtful with a hamstring, which removes 150 yards of Week 1 production from the target tree, and Baltimore is implied for 27.5 points.
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Start Jaxson Dart
26.6 points in Week 1 on 230 passing yards and 11 rushes for 54. The rushing floor is the whole case: at the Rams on Monday night in a 48.5 total, trailing by a touchdown means more scrambles and more volume.
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Start Stefon Diggs
Nine targets and a 26% target share in Week 1. Dallas allowed the seventh-most fantasy points per target to slot receivers, Chig Okonkwo is out, and this is the highest total on the slate at 50.5.
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Start Isaiah Likely
27.6% target share, eight catches and four red-zone targets in Week 1. The Giants should be throwing from behind as 7-point road underdogs, and the target share is too high to ignore even on a 50% snap rate. The touchdowns will cool; the targets can carry 10.
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Start Cam Skattebo
18 carries for 81 yards and a score on a 60% snap share in Week 1. The Rams allowed the highest rushing success rate in the opener. Devin Singletary took the passing snaps, so this is a carries-and-touchdown bet, but 18 carries is a real floor.
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Start Jake Ferguson
Two targets in Week 1 is noise from a 66.7% route share. Washington allowed the most yards per target and most fantasy points per opportunity to tight ends last year, Ferguson finished TE4 against them once, and this game has the slate's top total at 50.5.
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Start Michael Mayer
With Bowers doubtful, Mayer is the handcuff who inherits the job: 81% of the snaps and seven targets in Week 1 when Bowers sat. The yardage was thin, but seven looks from a tight end clears a 10-point PPR line more often than not. If Bowers is active Sunday, this call is off.
Updated Sat: Moved from sit to start: with Bowers doubtful, Mayer is the lead tight end and the target volume carries the PPR line.
Sit 'em
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Sit Brock Bowers D
Doubtful after a meniscus trim, with no practice until a limited session Friday, and the Raiders will test him in pregame warmups. Even if active, a snap count is likely, and 10 PPR points on limited routes is a long reach.
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Sit Jalen Nailor
Five targets and 27 yards on a 60% snap share in Week 1. Kirk Cousins threw for 160 yards, and an 18.5-point implied team total does not leave room for a fourth option in the passing game to reach 14.
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Sit Tre Tucker
Four targets and 27 yards on a 71% snap share in Week 1, a 13.3% target share. The Chargers gave up the 13th-fewest fantasy points per target to perimeter receivers last season. He needs a long touchdown to get to 14.
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Sit Kirk Cousins
13.8 points in Week 1 despite three touchdowns, on 160 yards and minus-6 rushing. The Raiders are implied for 18.5 points on the road, and with Brock Bowers likely out the passing game runs through Jeanty and Mayer on short throws. 18 is a stretch.
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Sit Jack Bech
40% of the snaps and four targets in Week 1. The touchdown covered a thin role. Until he plays more than half the snaps, 14 PPR points requires another score in an 18.5-point implied offense.
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Sit Rhamondre Stevenson
The 85% snap share in Week 1 came with TreVeyon Henderson inactive. Henderson is cleared to return, Pittsburgh allows the ninth-lowest explosive run rate, and Stevenson scored 14.5 with the whole backfield to himself.
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Sit Parker Washington
The 26% target share is real, but he scored 19.3 on six targets thanks to a touchdown. Denver allows the third-fewest fantasy points per target to slot receivers, and Jacksonville threw only 23 passes in Week 1.
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Sit Jordan Love
387 yards on 42 attempts produced only 19.5 points, with the highest off-target rate in the league. The Jets allowed the fewest yards per attempt in Week 1 and Love adds nothing on the ground. 18 needs multiple touchdowns in a 44.5 total.
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Sit Trevor Lawrence
Four touchdowns on 23 attempts in Week 1 is not a repeatable rate. Denver allows the second-fewest yards per target to perimeter receivers and the third-fewest points per target to the slot, Jacksonville is implied for 21.5, and Lawrence ran twice for 3 yards. 18 needs another hyper-efficient day.
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Sit Jalen Coker
138 yards and two scores on nine targets came at 5.10 yards per route run, a rate that does not hold. Atlanta allows the fourth-fewest fantasy points per target to perimeter receivers and the game total is 43.5.
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Sit Breece Hall
22 carries in Week 1, but only two targets and a 30.8% route share. Green Bay allows the lowest explosive run rate and second-lowest missed tackle rate, so 14 PPR points needs a touchdown the Jets offense may not produce.
Guillotine
Surviving Week 2 is about not handing the league a zero. There are no byes yet, so every roster is full, which means the team that gets chopped is usually the one that started an injured or part-time player. Check Sunday inactives for Bowers, McConkey, Olave and Pittman before locking. Tight end is the thinnest position: if you roster Bowers, have Michael Mayer or Dalton Schultz ready, since both clear the 7-point line on volume. Favor backs with 18-plus touches (Jeanty, Montgomery, Breece Hall) and receivers with 8-plus targets over anyone whose Week 1 came from one long score. Waivers this week hold only the one roster chopped after Week 1, so talent there is limited and mostly depth.
Start 'em
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Start Ashton Jeanty
70% of the carries, 61% route share and six targets in Week 1. That workload has the highest floor of any Raiders player and one of the highest in the league. Road underdog status only shifts his points from carries to catches.
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Start David Montgomery
20 carries and the goal-line role in Week 1. With Nico Collins out, Houston leans harder on the run at home against a Cincinnati front that allows the fifth-highest rushing success rate. 10 points is the floor case.
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Start Travis Etienne Jr.
16 touches and nine targets in Week 1. As an 8.5-point underdog, New Orleans will be passing, and his receiving role gives him seven or so catches of floor before any rushing yards count.
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Start Kyren Williams
63% of the snaps and every red-zone carry in Week 1, on a Rams team favored by 7 at home. The role is secure and the touchdown odds are the best on his team. 10 is a low bar.
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Start Dalton Schultz
Eight targets in Week 1 with Collins active; Collins is out Sunday. A tight end with that volume clears 7 on catches alone, which is exactly the floor profile this format needs.
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Start Breece Hall
22 carries and 56% of the rushing attempts in Week 1. The matchup is poor, but the line here is 10, not 14, and a back with 20-plus carries clears 10 on volume. In PPR he is a sit because 14 needs a score; here the workload alone gets it done.
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Start Mark Andrews
24% target share in Week 1 and Zay Flowers is doubtful. The line is 7 points, which is five catches and 20 yards, and Andrews should see seven or more targets.
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Start Stefon Diggs
Nine targets in Week 1 and a 26% share. Chig Okonkwo is out and Dallas is soft against slot receivers. At a 10-point line, six catches for 50 yards is enough.
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Start Michael Mayer
81% of the snaps and seven targets in Week 1 with Bowers out, and Bowers is doubtful again. The guillotine line is 7, which six short catches clears. In PPR he is a sit because 10 needs yards or a score he has not shown.
Sit 'em
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Sit Brock Bowers D
Doubtful with a knee, one limited practice all week, and a pregame workout to decide it. A zero is the worst outcome in this format, and even an active Bowers is likely on a snap count.
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Sit Jalen Nailor
Five targets on 60% of the snaps in Week 1 in a pass game that produced 160 yards. There is no floor here in an 18.5-point implied offense.
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Sit Tre Tucker
A 13.3% target share and 27 yards in Week 1. He plays a lot of snaps but gets few targets, which is the profile that eliminates teams.
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Sit Kirk Cousins
No rushing floor, 160 passing yards in Week 1 and a road trip as a 6.5-point underdog. Three touchdowns got him to 13.8; without them it was a single-digit day, under the 15 line.
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Sit Jack Bech
40% snap share and four targets in Week 1. Touchdown-dependent receivers on part-time snaps are the players who sink a guillotine lineup.
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Sit Isaiah Likely
The 27.6% target share is great, but it came on a 50% snap share and two touchdowns did most of the scoring. A part-time tight end can post 3 points in the same game. In PPR the ceiling makes him a start; here the snap rate is the problem.
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Sit Jake Ferguson
Two targets on a 66.7% route share in Week 1. The matchup is good and he is a PPR start on upside, but a tight end who caught two balls for 6 yards last week has no floor to trust at the 7-point line.
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Sit Christian Watson
32.7 points on eight targets in Week 1 came from two touchdowns and 147 yards. The Jets allowed the fewest yards per attempt in the opener. Big-play receivers are ceiling plays, not survival plays.
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Sit Jalen Coker
Nine targets are fine, but 138 yards at 5.10 yards per route run was an outlier. Atlanta limits perimeter receivers, and a normal day for this role is 8 to 10 points.
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Sit Trevor Lawrence
Four passing touchdowns on 23 attempts and 3 rushing yards in Week 1. On the road at Denver, that low-volume, touchdown-driven profile is a floor risk at the 15 line.
Guillotine FAAB
Budget: after one chop, assume 16 more weeks of bidding and a budget that never refills. Spend 5 to 10% this week on true depth and hold the rest. The rosters that get chopped in October and November carry far better players than the one chopped in September.
The exception is an every-week starter. If the chopped team released a back with a 60% or better snap share or a receiver with a 20% or better target share, a 20 to 30% bid is justified, because that player is a lineup piece for months and prices only rise from here. Skip chopped-team quarterbacks unless you are starting an injured one: they are replaceable at the 15-point line. Skip part-time receivers who scored in Week 1.
Targets likely on waivers in regular leagues too:
Kyle Monangai, CHI: 10 carries for 100 yards and a score on 44% of the snaps behind D'Andre Swift in a 59-point offense. A 3 to 6% bid.
Devaughn Vele, NO: 91% of the snaps and nine targets in Week 1, and Chris Olave is questionable. The safest floor in this group. 4 to 8%.
Jadarian Price, SEA: 48 to 50% of the snaps and 5.2 yards per carry with Zach Charbonnet still out. 3 to 5%.
Aaron Jones Sr., MIN: Jordan Mason is on injured reserve, which leaves Jones the lead back in Minnesota. 4 to 7%.
Mack Hollins, NE: 70% of the snaps with A.J. Brown on injured reserve for about six weeks. Depth only, 1 to 2%.
Caleb Douglas, MIA: a 22% target share and a 35% first-read share in Week 1. 2 to 4%.
How calls are graded
Every call is locked at its player's kickoff and graded on full-PPR points from the official box score: a point per reception, a tenth of a point per rushing or receiving yard, one per 25 passing yards, six per rushing or receiving touchdown, four per passing touchdown, minus two per interception or lost fumble. Two-point conversions and return touchdowns aren't counted.
A start cashes if the player reaches the line for his position; a sit cashes if he stays under it. PPR lines: QB 18, RB 14, WR 14, TE 10. Guillotine lines are survival floors: QB 15, RB 10, WR 10, TE 7.