Fantasy Football Week 2 Cheat Sheet: Waiver, Rankings, Projections and More

You didn’t know before the start of Week 1, and here’s the hard truth in fantasy football heading into Week 2: You still don’t know.

It is often a mistake to look at the results from the first week of the season and come to any conclusions about teams or players. Yet that’s the natural inclination in a 16-game season based on some of the results that fantasy players have seen.

It may be safe to believe that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is back following his four-touchdown performance against the Detroit Lions in Week 1, but that is not necessarily the case. Luck may have taken advantage of a poor defense after the Colts found themselves trailing, getting hot at the right time. 

It will be a different story this week, as the Colts will play perhaps the most aggressive defense in the league when they go to Denver to take on the Broncos. At the same time, we are not going to write off Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson despite the Tennessee Titans holding him to 31 rushing yards in the opener.

Opponents are going to load up against Peterson until the Vikings prove they have a legitimate passing game with Shaun Hill or Sam Bradford (more likely), and it may take another game or two before Peterson starts running with consistency.

To help you get ready for Week 2, we present our cheat sheet with the top 10 players at each position, top sleepers and sharp waiver-wire pickups.

Here are the projections for all 16 games on the schedule this week.

Positional Rankings

Take a good, long look at Denver running back C.J. Anderson this week as he prepares for his matchup with the Colts.

When you get done wiping the drool off your chin, you know what you have to do. Anderson is a must-play this week, as he is likely to rip up the vulnerable Colts defense.

We are not making the decision based on how the Colts defense performed in Week 1 against the Lions, which was not overly impressive. The Colts did not do well against the run, as Ameer Abdullah and Theo Riddick combined for 108 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries.

The main reason we like Anderson is that the Broncos have to feature their running game in the early part of the season because Trevor Siemian is learning on the job at quarterback, and he is not trying to win the game for head coach Gary Kubiak. Instead, he is managing the game, and his job is to hold onto the football, avoid turnovers and keep the chains moving.

CJ Anderson is only 2nd Bronco with both rush TD & rec TD in Week 1 game in past 30 years (Quentin Griffin, 2004) pic.twitter.com/aB44BGvu64

— Randall Liu (@RLiuNFL) September 9, 2016

Anderson gained 92 yards and scored a touchdown on the ground against the powerful Carolina Panthers defense in Week 1, and he should be able to build off that total based on his own speed and conditioning and the Colts’ vulnerability on defense.

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