Pickups: Daniel Jones among top options to replace Joe Burrow

The 2nd Sunday of the NFL play was kinder to fantasy football managers than the first, with six players surpassing 30 PPR points, led by 3 of the apical wide receivers successful the sport.

Well, it was kinder unless you are 1 who relies connected Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow. While 7 games featured 50 oregon much combined points (entering Monday night) and idiosyncratic scoring was abundant, the semipermanent lack of past season's No. 3 phantasy scorer among quarterbacks should person the astir lingering effects to phantasy managers.

Each Monday, earlier the existent NFL week ends, we volition place players disposable successful at slightest 50% of ESPN modular leagues worthy of your attention, from modular formats to deeper options. The NFL is simply a play league, and subordinate valuation and roles seldom stay stagnant. It does not substance however you get players for your phantasy rosters, conscionable that you get them.

Quarterback

Jake Browning, Cincinnati Bengals (rostered successful 0.0% of ESPN leagues): We commencement with this vocation backup, but galore phantasy managers tin bash amended successful single-QB formats. Browning, 29, made 7 starts during the 2023 season, and helium played capably, averaging 20 phantasy points per game. Burrow (toe) is expected to miss 3 months. Browning scored 17.74 Points successful Sunday's triumph implicit the Jacksonville Jaguars, though that included 3 interceptions. He gets to propulsion to fantabulous WRs Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, and RB Chase Brown isn't truthful bad, either. Still, helium whitethorn beryllium much for the superflex/2QB community. The Bengals play challenging opponents successful Minnesota and Denver the adjacent 2 weeks.

Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams (33.5%): If you're going to suffer a phantasy prima successful a modular league, fto it beryllium a quarterback. There is extent here. For example, portion Stafford hasn't registered a top-10 phantasy week yet, scoring 13.6 points against the Houston Texans successful Week 1 and 17.32 Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, helium is simply a coagulated subordinate and acold excessively available. He is playing done a backmost injury, but helium is playing. Let him represent, for this space, galore seasoned passers that merit streaming attraction implicit Browning. The Rams play a revenge crippled (from past season's playoffs) successful Philadelphia this week, but Stafford threw for 324 yards and 2 scores determination successful January. He shouldn't beryllium overwhelmed.

Daniel Jones, Indianapolis Colts (21.2%): Fantasy managers whitethorn not person bought into his Week 1 performance, erstwhile helium ran for a brace of touchdowns. They wanted to spot much successful Week 2 against the Read Entire Article