Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings: Position-by-Position Breakdown

One week, 16 games and thousands of thrown laptops are in the books after the 2016 NFL season got underway last weekend.

Remember that time you felt great about stealing Dez Bryant in the third round? Or what about rolling the dice on Keenan Allen staying healthy in your points-per-reception league? Shoot, who needs a quarterback early when Robert Griffin III is due for a bounce-back year?

Uhh…about that.

Bryant caught one pass, Allen appears to have suffered his latest season-ending injury and Griffin…is a Cleveland Brown in every sense (plus he’s injured). The first week brought heaps of disappointment and swaths of success to others—namely those with that sweet Drew Brees-to-Brandin Cooks connection.

How will things shake out in Week 2? Let’s take a full look at some initial rankings and find out.  

QB

Real Deal: Derek Carr, Oakland Raiders

Playing the New Orleans Saints isn’t the best barometer of future success, but Carr picked up right back where he left off in 2015. He threw for 319 yards and a touchdown in Oakland’s 35-34 comeback win, which are fine numbers for a fantasy quarterback but even better ones for a real-life signal-caller.

Amari Cooper (137 yards) looks ready to break out as a star, and Michael Crabtree (87 yards) remains entrenched as a solid second option. The Raiders aren’t going to face much more opposition from an Atlanta secondary that allowed Jameis Winston to throw for four touchdowns in Week 1.

Carr is a top-10 guy this week and could get off to a huge first half of the season, given Oakland’s below-average schedule.

Back Off: Tyrod Taylor, Buffalo Bills

All of that preseason hype about Taylor being a potential top-10 guy does not look great right about now. The Bills offense was reduced to utter incompetence in the 13-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, with Taylor showing no signs of his 2015 electricity.

Taylor threw for just 111 yards and added 11 on the ground. With the Jets sacking Andy Dalton seven times Sunday, things aren’t looking up for …

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