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🔥 The Everything Report Week 2
Ryan Heath and Graham Barfield review all the fantasy football usage from Week 1 with everything you need to know before Week 2.
Which early-round RBs will win leagues…and which could quietly sink them? Getting your early-round RB picks right can swing an entire fantasy season. And the danger isn’t always an obvious bust - sometimes it’s the “silent killer” who gives you decent production every week while the RB drafted next to him is putting up league-winning numbers.
Week 1 gave us our first real look at these backfields, so let’s pull out the biggest winners and warning signs from the Round 1-2 RBs.
🚀 LEAGUE-WINNERS
Jahmyr Gibbs - Scored 34.6 points on an absurd 32.2 XFP, a workload 25% better than Christian McCaffrey’s record-setting 2025 average. The 1.01 looks like the 1.01.
Bijan Robinson - His 31.3-point opener included a 40.9% target share - the highest single-game mark by an RB in Fantasy Points Data history. And Michael Penix hasn’t even returned yet.
📈 LEAGUE-WINNER POTENTIAL
Kenneth Walker - The dream usage finally arrived: 34.1 points, 20.4 XFP, a 22.2% target share, and 100% of Kansas City’s snaps inside the 10.
Ashton Jeanty - Ranked 2nd among RBs with 23.5 XFP, finished top-5 in route participation and target share, and handled seven of eight backfield red-zone opportunities.
🚨 SILENT-KILLER CONCERNS
De’Von Achane - An 88% snap share looks great until you realize Miami ran only 50 plays and Achane drew just four targets with Malik Willis. Elite talent, but the offensive environment could crush his ceiling.
Omarion Hampton - Keaton Mitchell split routes and carries inside the 10, leaving Hampton with the lowest red-zone snap share of any RB drafted in the first two rounds. Not what managers paid for.
⚠️ WARNING SIGNS, NOT PANIC
Christian McCaffrey - His 54.7% snap share was concerning, but the important stuff remained: a 23.5% target share and every 49ers backfield touch inside the red zone. Monitor Kaelon Black, but don’t panic.
Saquon Barkley - Just 10.7 XFP and a 27.3% route share, with Tank Bigsby even taking Philly’s lone snap inside the 10. Barkley still looked explosive, but the high-value usage wasn’t there.
For more data on every early-round RB…read the full article.
Offense is so back. NFL teams averaged 24.7 points in Week 1, tying the Week 1 scoring record and well above the 21.8-point average over the previous five seasons. But don’t overreact - plenty of players probably just had their best game of the season, while others will look completely different a week from now. Football is a small-sample sport, and things change quickly.
That doesn’t mean we should ignore what Week 1 told us. Usage is where the real value lies: route shares, backfield XFP shares, first-read targets, and XFP per team play give us our first real look at backfield splits, breakout candidates, and changing roles after months of guessing. The goal isn’t to overreact or underreact - it’s figuring out what actually matters. And that’s exactly what the Everything Report is here to do every week.
The Week 1 playcalling cheat codes: Motion, play action, heavy personnel, and under-center dropbacks have all produced meaningful efficiency boosts - and several offenses dramatically increased their usage of these concepts in Week 1. The Ravens, Chargers, Buccaneers, and Raiders were among the most encouraging, while both New York teams were pleasant surprises.
The most interesting buy-lows are in Los Angeles and Tampa Bay, which ranked near the bottom of the league in plays and drives largely due to fluky turnover problems. That makes Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin, Bucky Irving, Justin Herbert, and Ladd McConkey intriguing targets if their offenses maintain these tendencies. Meanwhile, the Bears, Jaguars, and 49ers continue to check virtually every playcalling box we want for fantasy.
Find more league winners in The Everything Report Week 2.
🔥 Week 2 Starts & Sits
Joe Dolan dishes out the info & stats you need to help make your toughest lineup decisions for Week 2.
Chuba Hubbard // Lester Barnes, Carolina Panthers
Start Chuba Hubbard. Chuba looked like the Panthers’ clear bell cow over Jonathon Brooks in Week 1, handling 71% of the carries, 42-of-55 backfield snaps, and all five opportunities inside the 10. Hubbard finished with 17.5 XFP (RB10) and 23.7 fantasy points, and Carolina enters Week 2 as a narrow favorite.
Start Christian Watson. His 80.4% route share in Week 1 was higher than all but three games last season - a great sign considering he averages 16.9 FPG when running at least 75% of the routes. His Week 1 usage had league-winner written all over it.
Start Dallas Goedert. Ranked 6th among TEs in XFP (13.9) and route participation (78.8%) in Week 1 while seeing 2 of Philly’s 3 red-zone targets. He now averages 15.7 FPG (~TE2) without A.J. Brown since 2023. One of fantasy’s most underrated TEs.
Sit Kyle Pitts. He goose-egged us on 20 routes and a single target. I know Pitts has Lucy-footballed us about a million times, but we can chalk this one up to Cooper Rush’s popgun arm. You can’t play Pitts until we see a competent QB game here.
Sit MarShawn Lloyd. He had an absolutely horrendous day from an efficiency standpoint despite a solid workload in Week 1, which backed up how he looked in the preseason. The Packers might have no choice but to continue to drop Jordan Love back as much as he did in Week 1. Lloyd is a mediocre bench stash and poor FLEX.
Sit Marvin Harrison Jr. His lone Week 1 catch went for 33 yards, but he drew just a 7.4% first-read target share and appears to be running low-percentage clear-out routes again. Add in a brutal matchup, and there’s plenty of reason for concern.
Read the full article for advice on who to start & sit throughout the entire Week 2 slate.
Kansas City Chiefs (16%) vs IND. The Chiefs dominated Denver on Monday night, roughing up Bo Nix and forcing turnovers. Rookie CB Mansoor Delane’s shoulder is worth monitoring, but Daniel Jones struggled to get much on his throws last week coming off an Achilles injury. If those limitations continue, the Chiefs D/ST could swarm again at Arrowhead, per Drake’s Week 2 Streaming D/STs.
Sneaky Garrett Wilson vs GB? Jonathan Gannon’s defenses lean heavily on Cover 4 - a great matchup for Garrett Wilson, who ranks 3rd among WRs in TPRR against it since 2024, with a 40% efficiency boost. Green Bay also struggled to generate pressure in Week 1, while Wilson commanded a top-5 first-read target share (37.5%). The matchup and volume point toward another strong fantasy performance, per Heath’s Week 2 Advanced Matchups.
Call an ambulance…but not for me! Cowboys CeeDee Lamb vs Commanders CBs. Washington’s new defense has featured heavy blitzing and two-high shells - a great setup for Dak Prescott, who ranks 2nd in YPA against that look over the last three seasons with an 8-1 TD/INT ratio. CeeDee Lamb torched this scheme last year with a 40% first-read rate and nearly 47% of the air yards. Add in Washington’s struggling CBs, and Lamb is set up for another potentially massive fantasy performance, per Vanek’s Week 2 WR/CB Fantasy Matchups.
📈 Trends & Trades
Players to trade/trade for, risers & fallers & more
Luther Burden // IMAGN IMAGES, Reuters Connect
Buy Luther Burden. Burden’s 68.4% route share was a career-high and higher than Kalif Raymond’s, giving him plenty of opportunity despite Raymond’s surprising involvement. Burden made the most of it, posting an impressive 2.42 YPRR and looking dangerous with the ball despite a fumble. The Week 1 usage was encouraging, but his efficiency and explosiveness were the bigger reasons to buy, per Hansen’s Week 2 Player Trade Recommendations.
Sell Davante Adams. Don’t give him away, but there are warning signs. Adams struggled to separate in Week 1, continuing a concern from last season, and his hamstring remains an issue. He may be increasingly TD-dependent, especially after his route participation from 1-WR sets fell from 40.4% through Week 14 last year to 20% in Week 1, per Hansen’s Week 2 Player Trade Recommendations.
Aggressively target Zay Flowers. Flowers was on a career-best pace before he tweaked his hamstring in the 2nd quarter. In that first half, he ran only 11 routes, recording 5 receptions for 150 yards and a touchdown (26.0 fantasy points). His 2.36 FP/RR ranked 1st among all WR performances over the last 6 seasons. Oh, and he was stopped one yard shy of a 2nd TD - which would have bumped him to 32.1 fantasy points (2.92 FP/RR), per Menton’s Trading Guide: Week 2.
Trade Outlook: The hamstring injury may create a very limited buy-high opportunity for Flowers. (Example: Buy for CeeDee Lamb, Nico Collins, or De’Von Achane straight up)
Sell Achane Immediately. As expected, an anemic Dolphins offense capped Achane’s upside. His 3.27 YPC and 36 rushing yards would have been his 3rd-lowest marks in any game last season, while his 10.6 fantasy points ranked dead last. Volume wasn’t the problem; he earned 95.7% of the backfield XFP, but the quality of that volume (10.3 XFP) was, per Menton’s Trading Guide: Week 2.
Trade Outlook: Being a bell cow in one of the league’s lowest-volume backfields may not be enough. Sell while some goodwill from his 2025 season remains. (Example: Malik Nabers straight up.)
💸 Best Bets
Dontayvion Wicks over 28.5 receiving yards (-114, FD). Fantasy Points projects Wicks for 48.6 yards after he posted 73 yards on an 82% route share last week. Tennessee has allowed the 4th-most receiving YPG to outside WRs since last season, including 60 yards to AD Mitchell last week, per Brolley’s Best Bets Week 2.
Lamar Jackson under 228.5 passing yards (-114, FD). Fantasy Points projects Lamar for 210.1 yards, while New Orleans has held QBs to 209 or fewer passing yards in 14 of its last 18 games. The Saints have allowed the 4th-fewest passing YPG (196.8) since last season, and Baltimore enters as an 8.5-point favorite, per Brolley’s Best Bets Week 2.
Must-play Sunday props, per the Guru’s Best Bets Week 2.
Derrick Henry over 88.5 rushing yards (-115, BETMGM)
Trevor Lawrence over 220.5 passing yards (-114, FD)
📖 Quick Hitters
Locking in on weekly game breakdowns? Read: 2026 Week 2 Game Hub
Keeping tabs on dynasty players? Read: Dynasty Market Report: Week 2
Want to stay up to date on the latest injuries? Read: 2026 Week 2 Injury Report
Curious about what teams the Fantasy Points staff chose this week? Read: 2026 Week 2 NFL Staff Picks
Looking to play some hidden gems this week? Read: 2026 Week 2 DFS Coverage Shells
Love the battles happening in the trenches? Read: Scouting the OL/DL Matchups: Week 2
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